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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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The total number of Boeing unionized factory workers from the Pacific Northwest region who are taking part in the strike.
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Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
The total number of Boeing unionized factory workers from the Pacific Northwest region who are taking part in the strike.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
The same is true for tuition assistance programs, especially for younger Gen Z workers.
—Byemma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
The worker who died, with a single gunshot wound to the chest, was Jamil I. Owais, a 26-year-old Palestinian immigrant and a new father.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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worker
noun
work·er
ˈwər-kər 
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: one that works
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: a member of the working class
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: 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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