adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
employment
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It occurred to him that it might be easier to find gainful employment in Cornwall.
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How does he survive without gainful employment ?
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In each decade of the twentieth century, fewer men over 65 have been entered in the censuses as in gainful employment .
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Some of us actually have gainful employment .
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When in low spirits, seek gainful employment .
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Indeed, it has even become fashionable for women to choose dependency by repudiating ambition and gainful employment once they have children.
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The potential for a recession across most regions of the world will have ramifications for the prospects of expatriates in gainful employment .
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Both surveys showed that for many people poverty was a way of life even when they were in gainful employment .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both surveys showed that for many people poverty was a way of life even when they were in gainful employment.
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How does he survive without gainful employment?
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In each decade of the twentieth century, fewer men over 65 have been entered in the censuses as in gainful employment.
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Indeed, it has even become fashionable for women to choose dependency by repudiating ambition and gainful employment once they have children.
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It occurred to him that it might be easier to find gainful employment in Cornwall.
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Some of us actually have gainful employment.
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The potential for a recession across most regions of the world will have ramifications for the prospects of expatriates in gainful employment.
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When in low spirits, seek gainful employment.