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Recent Examples of workman
The workmen who installed them botched the installation.
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 7 Dec. 2024
Work is ongoing — a frenzy of hard hats, fluorescent-jacketed workmen and whirring machinery.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
In the Act One climax, one of the workmen, Polish poet Joe Pakulski (Devin Cortez), falls to his death, leaving behind his pregnant wife, an Indigenous woman named Rudy (also Kabeary) who has been working beside him on the high beams.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 July 2024
Companies operating these facilities are exposed to significant liability and workman’s compensation claims.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 7 Dec. 2024
Work is ongoing — a frenzy of hard hats, fluorescent-jacketed workmen and whirring machinery.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
In the Act One climax, one of the workmen, Polish poet Joe Pakulski (Devin Cortez), falls to his death, leaving behind his pregnant wife, an Indigenous woman named Rudy (also Kabeary) who has been working beside him on the high beams.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 July 2024
Companies operating these facilities are exposed to significant liability and workman’s compensation claims.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for workman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workman
Noun
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The collection also features stock removal pieces from celebrated makers like Loveless and other renowned folder craftsmen.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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From a busy subreddit to a secret world of obsessive home and professional chefs to in-demand artisan carbon steel craftsmen who sell their wares by raffle ticket, the dedication and appreciation to carbon steel runs deep.—
Jordan Michelman,
WIRED,
15 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2024
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His workingman shtick, borrowed from socialist folk-music sentimentality, is sustained by the showbiz equivalent of the Democrat machine.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 Oct. 2024
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Officers went to Powell's home on Thursday, Feb. 6, to check on her and spoke to a handyman who had been hired to repair and remodel cabinets.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Officers responded to Stacy’s residence ... and encountered a handyman who had been hired to perform cabinet repairs.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2025
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The main claim here is that an influx in cheaper low-skilled laborers not only pushes down the cost of goods but negatively impacts preexisting American workers by lowering their wages as well.—
Christian Paz,
Vox,
4 Feb. 2025
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These workers, which do not include undocumented workers or H-2A laborers, are believed to represent 44% of all agricultural workers in Colorado.—
Sam Tabachnik,
The Denver Post,
31 Jan. 2025
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Bean will play the Sheriff of Nottingham who is envisioned as a statesman, a strategist, and a builder of Nottingham itself.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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The task of rebuilding is monumental, involving constant communication with insurance companies, government employees, architects and builders.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Each time, the tradesman showed up, only to find no one there.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Immigrants make up about a third, or 32.5%, of construction tradesmen, according to an analysis of 2023 Census data by the National Association of Home Builders.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The book contains funny and terrible things, details and episodes so pungent that they must surely have been stolen from a fantastical artificer like Flann O’Brien.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2022
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The book includes new spells, character subclasses, story options for groups of players, options for creating sidekicks, tools for Dungeon Masters and includes the artificer class of magical inventors.—
Jordan Culver,
USA TODAY,
24 Aug. 2020
Noun
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By and large, tipped workers are lower wage earners, and they’ve been particularly hurt by inflation and things like rising housing costs.—
Joe Moglia,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2024
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Indeed, the vast majority of small-business owners have no choice but to do so and pay the same taxes that wage earners pay, including Medicare.—
Paul Kiel,
ProPublica,
11 Dec. 2024
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“Workman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workman. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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