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For the past three years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has downgraded its forecasts of total employment growth, citing an aging U.S. population and declining labor force participation.—Clare Morell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025 With trans athletes’ participation in girls’ and women’s sports a legal, political and cultural debate stoked by the political right, the White House has tried to use federal money to get states to align their policies with its ideology.—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 30 May 2025 Homework and classroom participation were no longer going to influence final grades, which were instead going to be primarily determined by a final exam that students could take multiple times.—The Editors, National Review, 29 May 2025 Recent studies and board programs illustrate the increasing prominence and participation of chief human resource officers (CHROs) on company boards of directors.—John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for participation
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