unionized

adjective

union·​ized ˈyün-yə-ˌnīzd How to pronounce unionized (audio)
: characterized by the presence of labor unions

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Net employment increased on paper, but full-time unionized positions declined. Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025 Even the film‘s core concept of The Synchronizer, a baffling psychic invention from the script that not only vexed audiences but forced unionized crew members to debate whether the thing was a light or a prop. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025 How, exactly, does this play in a Major League clubhouse full of unionized, multi-millionaire veterans? Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025 Lee, president of the National Treasury Employees Union chapter in DC, attended the event with a group of unionized federal workers. Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unionized

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First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unionized was in 1900

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“Unionized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unionized. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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