as in worker
a person who does very hard or dull work
they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
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Recent Examples of laborer
They were bullied, beaten, humiliated, tortured and shot, with productive laborers crammed on top of one another in the dirty stone barracks—separately from the Jewish prisoners, whose numbers grew ever larger.
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Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
Some factories in southern China, where much of this manufacturing is centered, have suspended operations since the beginning of April, raising concerns that laborers will be put out of work.
—Qilai Shen, New York Times, 2 May 2025
One was a White farmer, while the others were Black laborers or security workers, police said.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 23 May 2025
Consider android laborers harvesting crops at night while humans engage in creative endeavors by day.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
Some factories in southern China, where much of this manufacturing is centered, have suspended operations since the beginning of April, raising concerns that laborers will be put out of work.
—Qilai Shen, New York Times, 2 May 2025
One was a White farmer, while the others were Black laborers or security workers, police said.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 23 May 2025
Consider android laborers harvesting crops at night while humans engage in creative endeavors by day.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborer
Noun
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State government has made the education and training of skilled aerospace workers an important priority.—
Yogi Tharanibalan,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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Vanguard chose the university area and the region because of its access to talented workers and colleges, Manry said.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2025
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One vessel was renamed the USS Robert Smalls after a former slave who aided the Union in the Civil War, and the other was restyled the USNS Marie Tharp in honor of a ground-breaking oceanographic cartographer, according to the New York Times.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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Canadians are the people who really fought and helped escaped slaves, remember the Underground Railroad went to Canada.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborer. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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