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: any of the sexually underdeveloped and usually sterile members of a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites that perform most of the labor and protective duties of the colony
Examples of worker in a Sentence
The company is planning to hire 200 workers.
The average worker earned $1,000 more this year.
If management doesn't make the changes, the workers will go on strike.
They are both hard workers.
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That is combined with the widespread layoffs of federal workers and cuts to government spending.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
As such, neither report were expected to fully show the impacts of the Trump administration’s mass layoffs of federal workers.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Amplifying the voice of producers was key, as much as advocacy for the situation of workers.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2025
By late 2014, Ebola had wreaked havoc on all sectors of society, according to the World Bank, leaving half of the Liberian workers without a job.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
As such, neither report were expected to fully show the impacts of the Trump administration’s mass layoffs of federal workers.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Amplifying the voice of producers was key, as much as advocacy for the situation of workers.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2025
By late 2014, Ebola had wreaked havoc on all sectors of society, according to the World Bank, leaving half of the Liberian workers without a job.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worker
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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worker
noun
work·er
ˈwər-kər 
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a
: one that works
b
: a member of the working class
2
: one of the members of a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites that are only partially developed sexually and that perform most of the labor and protective duties of the colony
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