1
as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables
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as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers
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Recent Examples of worker
As the federal government continues whittling down its workforce, California has launched a new effort to recruit state workers from those purged by President Donald Trump.
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump's executive orders were hit with another round of legal blocks this week, on everything from firing federal workers to Social Security data.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Nationwide, 1 in 4 direct care workers are immigrants, according to a policy brief from PHI, an advocacy group for elder care and disability service workers.
—Mercedes Vigon, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
The president justified the decision by saying the duty fees would spur automakers to build more vehicles in America, and, in the process, create more jobs for the country’s workers.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2025
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump's executive orders were hit with another round of legal blocks this week, on everything from firing federal workers to Social Security data.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Nationwide, 1 in 4 direct care workers are immigrants, according to a policy brief from PHI, an advocacy group for elder care and disability service workers.
—Mercedes Vigon, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
The president justified the decision by saying the duty fees would spur automakers to build more vehicles in America, and, in the process, create more jobs for the country’s workers.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worker
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The exploitation of enslaved laborers on cane plantations increased supply and decreased production costs.—
Nina Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Mar. 2025
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Recreational leagues featured Japanese, Filipino, white and Portuguese laborers, who unwound after a long day of harvest with a few innings of baseball.—
Rachel Ng,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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Narciso Gallardo Fernandez, 30, is accused of shooting a Walgreens employee, Erick Velasquez, 34, earlier this week, the Madera Police Department told USA Today.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The agency also has at least four employees earning six-figure annual salaries who live out of state, Lopez’s committee found.—
Dara Kam,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Doom Slayer was a slave to capitalism in Doom (2016), the soft reboot that revived the franchise, and his now-origins as a slave to a religious theocracy sounds like something that could be cool as hell to explore.—
Kazuma Hashimoto,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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Freelancers and side hustle professionals who understand how to scale are ultimately able to regain control of their time and not become a slave to their side hustle.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worker. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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