guest worker
noun
: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country
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If the guest worker truly possesses extraordinary skills that cannot be found in the domestic labor force, a $100,000 fee would be justified to fill a critical short-term gap until an American can be found.
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Dan Gooding
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The Spanish word bracero roughly translates to someone who works with their arms, but the earlier guest worker program didn’t have the same inclusive meaning Chandler intends.
—Doug Sackman, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
For years, the agricultural sector has been pleading for a strong and efficient guest worker program.
—Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
In the same vein, the letter contained a request for Trump to authorize more legal guest workers through the expansion of the H-2A and H-2B visa programs.
—Molly Gibbs, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
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Dan Gooding
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The Spanish word bracero roughly translates to someone who works with their arms, but the earlier guest worker program didn’t have the same inclusive meaning Chandler intends.
—Doug Sackman, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
For years, the agricultural sector has been pleading for a strong and efficient guest worker program.
—Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
In the same vein, the letter contained a request for Trump to authorize more legal guest workers through the expansion of the H-2A and H-2B visa programs.
—Molly Gibbs, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for guest worker
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“Guest worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20worker. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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