gainfully employed
idiom
: provided with a job that pays wages or salary
She hasn't been gainfully employed for a few years.
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Now gainfully employed in the tech sector alongside her husband, Emanuele said that, even with two solid incomes, the prospect of owning a second property is unrealistic.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Pillay’s father was gainfully employed as a pharmacist, the judge said.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
He is gainfully employed as an orderly at an elder care facility.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation, the low numbers can be attributed to people living with their parents longer, fears of job loss from a pregnancy and youth not being well-educated or gainfully employed.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Pillay’s father was gainfully employed as a pharmacist, the judge said.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
He is gainfully employed as an orderly at an elder care facility.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation, the low numbers can be attributed to people living with their parents longer, fears of job loss from a pregnancy and youth not being well-educated or gainfully employed.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gainfully employed
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“Gainfully employed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gainfully%20employed. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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