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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
Synonyms
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The Biden administration announced a new rule yesterday that would make millions of white collar workers newly eligible for overtime pay.
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Its houses were built to support the population of workers employed by The Mecklenburg Mill, Highland Park #3 factories, and others, manufacturing everything from gingham to women’s hosiery.
—Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
Advertisement On a recent spring morning, a pair of homeless outreach workers in their 20s, Tyler Boyd and Charles Schmiedeke, toured the city in a Toyota RAV-4.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
This function is of particular interest to athletes, but it can also be used to monitor the health status of workers in jobs that require strenuous physical activity, especially in hazardous or extreme working conditions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Apr. 2024
Through their efforts, China was transformed from a market of 400 million customers into a land of 800 million low-cost workers.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The Costa Rican government doubled its investment in fiber optics, and a rush of remote workers from the U.S. and Canada followed.
—Melinda Fulmer, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
One group that is not covered by the raises is pilots, one of the only group of workers that belong to a union.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
To be sure, offices tend to empty out during the summer and holiday seasons, earlier Kastle data confirms, but if Miami is any indication, the allure of beach days is no longer so powerful at keeping workers from their desks.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Its houses were built to support the population of workers employed by The Mecklenburg Mill, Highland Park #3 factories, and others, manufacturing everything from gingham to women’s hosiery.
—Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
Advertisement On a recent spring morning, a pair of homeless outreach workers in their 20s, Tyler Boyd and Charles Schmiedeke, toured the city in a Toyota RAV-4.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
This function is of particular interest to athletes, but it can also be used to monitor the health status of workers in jobs that require strenuous physical activity, especially in hazardous or extreme working conditions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Apr. 2024
Through their efforts, China was transformed from a market of 400 million customers into a land of 800 million low-cost workers.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The Costa Rican government doubled its investment in fiber optics, and a rush of remote workers from the U.S. and Canada followed.
—Melinda Fulmer, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
One group that is not covered by the raises is pilots, one of the only group of workers that belong to a union.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
To be sure, offices tend to empty out during the summer and holiday seasons, earlier Kastle data confirms, but if Miami is any indication, the allure of beach days is no longer so powerful at keeping workers from their desks.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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worker
noun
work·er
ˈwər-kər 
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a
: 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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