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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
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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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Given that those workers paid state and federal income tax on those earnings, Catanzara said the city should also refund the equivalent of the taxes charged on that income.
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Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2024
Unite Here Local 11 gathered enough signatures to force a special election in Anaheim on whether to raise the city’s minimum wage for hotel and event center workers to $25.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
The board also recognized that closing the highway indefinitely will likely have consequences for workers living in Idaho and commuting to Teton County, who make up about 40% of the county's workforce, according to that message.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2024
The strike began at UCSD Monday, joining other UC campuses where workers have walked out in protest of administrators’ crackdowns on pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
—Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
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Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2024
Unite Here Local 11 gathered enough signatures to force a special election in Anaheim on whether to raise the city’s minimum wage for hotel and event center workers to $25.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
The board also recognized that closing the highway indefinitely will likely have consequences for workers living in Idaho and commuting to Teton County, who make up about 40% of the county's workforce, according to that message.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2024
The strike began at UCSD Monday, joining other UC campuses where workers have walked out in protest of administrators’ crackdowns on pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
—Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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worker
noun
work·er
ˈwər-kər 
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: 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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