as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
more jobholders than the state agency has ever had in the past
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Recent Examples of jobholder
Conservatives see in such a report only a vast political machine greased with the millions that each month line the pockets of federal jobholders.
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Marquis William Childs, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
An aging population, tighter immigration laws, fewer multiple jobholders and residual effects from the pandemic (long Covid, child care and adult care challenges, for instance) have led to constraints on the number of workers, while demand for labor has been strong.
—Dana Peterson, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
It’s neither racist nor misogynistic to point that out when the jobholder happens to be Harris.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021
Today, women comprise more than half of US jobholders, with 76 million women working in full- or part- time roles, and their labor accounted for $7.6 trillion—or 40% of annual US gross domestic product in 2017.
—Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 2 May 2020
Women have replaced men as the majority of jobholders and participation for prime-age women has hit a record 19-year high, according to Labor Department data released earlier this month.
—Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2020
The figures mark a divergence from the United States, where women eclipsed men as the majority of jobholders.
—Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
Among employed college graduates, one-third were in fields where a majority of jobholders considered college degrees unnecessary.
—Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 25 July 2019
Prior jobholder resigned in March after failing to appreciate the bank’s new status as a public utility.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 June 2019
Marquis William Childs, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
An aging population, tighter immigration laws, fewer multiple jobholders and residual effects from the pandemic (long Covid, child care and adult care challenges, for instance) have led to constraints on the number of workers, while demand for labor has been strong.
—Dana Peterson, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
It’s neither racist nor misogynistic to point that out when the jobholder happens to be Harris.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021
Today, women comprise more than half of US jobholders, with 76 million women working in full- or part- time roles, and their labor accounted for $7.6 trillion—or 40% of annual US gross domestic product in 2017.
—Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 2 May 2020
Women have replaced men as the majority of jobholders and participation for prime-age women has hit a record 19-year high, according to Labor Department data released earlier this month.
—Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2020
The figures mark a divergence from the United States, where women eclipsed men as the majority of jobholders.
—Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
Among employed college graduates, one-third were in fields where a majority of jobholders considered college degrees unnecessary.
—Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 25 July 2019
Prior jobholder resigned in March after failing to appreciate the bank’s new status as a public utility.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobholder
Noun
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When The Brand And The Experience Don’t Match One of the fastest ways to detect culture drift is to compare your external brand promise to the day-to-day employee and customer experience.—
Bryant Richardson,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Nearly 50% of employees say their bosses don’t understand them or their jobs, according to the April 2025 Workplace Perception Gap Survey from HR platform The Predictive Index, which sampled 1,000 workers across different industries, age groups and job levels.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Crews removed the worker's body from the trench around 2 a.m. July 29, Real said.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Health workers said at least eight people were killed.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Jobholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobholder. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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