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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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The Department of Government Efficiency’s actions weren’t expected to have a big impact just yet: While nearly 300,000 job cuts have been announced, not all federal workers were laid off immediately, so the impact to the labor market and unemployment is going to be a slow drip.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
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—Carol Ross Joynt, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2025
The numbers are even worse for younger workers, with 41% of Millennials and Gen Z employees admitting to this behavior.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Even legislative staffers have been unable to get answers about how many state workers and tax dollars have been diverted to Hope Florida from the state’s other programs to help residents in need of food, shelter, healthcare and work.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2025
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Kennedy's home purchase comes amid his major restructuring of the department that laid off 10,000 workers on Tuesday across the nation's public health agencies, including laboratory scientists, support staff for food safety inspectors and worker safety researchers.
—Carol Ross Joynt, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2025
The numbers are even worse for younger workers, with 41% of Millennials and Gen Z employees admitting to this behavior.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Even legislative staffers have been unable to get answers about how many state workers and tax dollars have been diverted to Hope Florida from the state’s other programs to help residents in need of food, shelter, healthcare and work.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker. Accessed 13 Apr. 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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