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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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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 police have been in possession of the same videos as the social workers, yet no charges have been brought against the parents in criminal court.
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Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Prior to her death, Katherine built a career as a licensed clinical social worker in Los Angeles, focusing on therapy and mental health advocacy after studying psychology at New York University and earning a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern California.
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On May 1, Friends of the Skyway released results of its first major survey of 679 residents, workers and visitors from across downtown.
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Only about half of workers with annual incomes between $15,000 and $30,000 participate in Vanguard 401(k) programs, for example, compared with 95% of workers earning more than $150,000.
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Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Prior to her death, Katherine built a career as a licensed clinical social worker in Los Angeles, focusing on therapy and mental health advocacy after studying psychology at New York University and earning a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern California.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
On May 1, Friends of the Skyway released results of its first major survey of 679 residents, workers and visitors from across downtown.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 May 2026
Only about half of workers with annual incomes between $15,000 and $30,000 participate in Vanguard 401(k) programs, for example, compared with 95% of workers earning more than $150,000.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 May 2026
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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worker
noun
work·er
ˈwər-kər 
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: 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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