1
as in enslavement
the state of being an enslaved person
a child born into slavery
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2
as in labor
very hard or unpleasant work
endured the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life
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Recent Examples of slavery
The youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York has launched a new campaign focused on fake fashion and the use of slavery in the bootleg fashion industry.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
By this time, Adams was joined in the House by new generation of Northern Congressmen who took up the fight against slavery.
—Time, 24 Sep. 2025
The term encomienda refers to a kind of slavery, but indios encomendados, or commended Indians, weren’t considered private property, or chattel.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
But, in our view, invoking slavery as a way to justify the elimination of vaccines and vaccine mandates will accelerate mistrust and present a major threat to public health, especially given existing racial health disparities.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
By this time, Adams was joined in the House by new generation of Northern Congressmen who took up the fight against slavery.
—Time, 24 Sep. 2025
The term encomienda refers to a kind of slavery, but indios encomendados, or commended Indians, weren’t considered private property, or chattel.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
But, in our view, invoking slavery as a way to justify the elimination of vaccines and vaccine mandates will accelerate mistrust and present a major threat to public health, especially given existing racial health disparities.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavery
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There was out-and-out enslavement, of Native Americans and Africans; there were onerous tribute demands and a labor corvée called the repartimiento.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Since 2017, Rosales has turned that absence into a bold visual language—one that not only centers West African spirituality but also traces its survival through colonization, enslavement, and the transatlantic slave trade.—
Yola Robert,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Antideficiency Act prohibits agencies from accepting unpaid labor, even if workers are willing to work for free.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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According to the report, many developers face obstacles such as rising construction costs, financing constraints, labor shortages, and regulatory complexity.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Whether a cell in 1598 played a part in conceiving of the scrawny, hobbled hidalgo with a cardboard visor and a bent lance is arguable, but Cervantes’ far more traumatic enslavement from 1571 until 1576 must have formed his intimate comprehension of the difference between freedom and servitude.—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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The word robot comes from the Czech word ‘robota’ which meant involuntary servitude, something very close to slavery, says Novakova.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Democratic nominee for mayor also gave a speech at an African Methodist church, an effort to bridge the gap with apprehensive Black voters.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
1 Oct. 2025
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The improved profitability came as Beijing intensified efforts to rein in excess supply and aggressive price wars that had hurt companies' bottom line.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The American border agency said its probe identified abuse of vulnerability, abusive working and living conditions, debt bondage, withholding of wages, and excessive overtime.—
Wayne Chang,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Today is the 450th anniversary of Cervantes’ kidnapping and the beginning of his five-year bondage in Algiers.—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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The future is not about clinging to bureaucratic models but about creating conditions where people can flourish once the drudgery is gone.—
John Winsor,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Treating cooking like drudgery—another chore to perform—will likely not inspire them to adopt this crucial life skill, one that seems to be going by the wayside in the era of GrubHub and DoorDash.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
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While Macron and his colleagues will celebrate, 48 hostages will stay in captivity in Gaza.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The arbitrary nature of torture places the text in the long genealogy of the captivity narrative; if there is a degree of the adventure yarn in the tale, than there is also something of an Arthur Koestler or an Alexander Solzhenitsyn as well.—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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The emotional toil caused by doomscrolling has been shown to cause real harm.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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Belly’s response is meant to come off sweet, but instead is both withering and accurate, because no 10-year-old should be that familiar with the myth of Sisyphus or the curse of endless toil.—
Thomas Page,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavery. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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