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as in servant
a person who is considered the property of another person
many American slaves reached freedom in the North through the network known as the Underground Railroad
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as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
unappreciated office slaves who perform the necessary but tedious task of filing paperwork
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as in to labor
to devote serious and sustained effort
slaving over a hot stove
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Recent Examples of slave
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 26 July 2025
Through a blend of interviews, essays, and archival collage, Power follows the history of policing in America, from slave patrols of the 1700s all the way to the present day, putting the change in attitudes into proper context while also asking questions meant to demand change.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
For the Outies to live their lives without a second thought to that other person slaving away underground?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
No longer a slave, Ashur has clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 26 July 2025
Through a blend of interviews, essays, and archival collage, Power follows the history of policing in America, from slave patrols of the 1700s all the way to the present day, putting the change in attitudes into proper context while also asking questions meant to demand change.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Verb
Powered by the automatic Rolex cal. 3175, its GMT hand was still slaved to the local hour hand, meaning that a second time zone could only be tracked using the rotating bezel.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
For the Outies to live their lives without a second thought to that other person slaving away underground?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slave
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She was placed as an indentured servant with the Toppan family of Lowell and took their surname, per the Lowell Historical Society and the West End Museum.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Frick lived there with his wife, Adelaide Howard Childs Frick, their daughter, and their 27 servants who lived on the third floor.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Consequently, June doesn’t feel too bad about stealing the only copy of Athena’s last manuscript, a work of historical fiction involving Chinese laborers during the First World War, and passing it off as her own.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, industrialists of all kinds were more than happy to pit Black Americans and job-stealing, non-protestant, unionizing commie immigrants against true American skilled laborers.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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In this way, AI allows PR folks to compare and contrast strategies quickly rather than laboring over a single version.—
Daniel Lotzof,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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In the years since Trump pulled off his shocking upset victory over Hillary Clinton, the Democrats have been laboring under a series of myths about themselves and Trump that have compelled them to continue digging their own graves.—
Isaac Schorr,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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Similar to his father, Duane II is a bail bondsman who learned the ropes at Chapman's company, Da’Kine Bail Bonds in Hawaii.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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That Friday morning, his family, a lawyer and a bail bondsman all gathered in the courthouse for an unsuccessful attempt to have his bond lowered.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images In one of the world’s most expensive cities, more workers are living paycheck to paycheck The Singapore consumer’s reputation for financial prudence and high savings is showing signs of strain.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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The trust fund used to make up the difference between what workers are paying in and what Social Security pays out in benefits is projected to run out of money in nine years.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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The state’s newest theory is that Zeigler wore a raincoat while shooting his wife and mother-in-law (who was shot with two different guns) and struggling with his father-in-law — despite the customer having the father-in-law’s blood soaked into his pants.—
Gail Hollenbeck,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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Serafin pitches Qualtrics as using technology to solve a problem technology created, saying companies now struggle to piece together a coherent picture of their customers across their call centers, apps, websites, text messages, and social media accounts.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The series has never strived to be anything more than opulent fluff, but it still gets consistently pilloried for its lack of realism.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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With a holistic view of organizational needs and resources, cognitive tools strive not simply to accelerate existing processes but to develop new approaches in real time to optimize actions across the entire value chain.—
Gurdip Singh,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Laws intended to prevent excessive exploitation went mostly unenforced in the rural northwest, allowing the continuation of what was virtually a chattel system in which workers could be bought, sold, and transported freely.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Aug. 2025
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In many jurisdictions, the appeal of collecting is further enhanced through tax advantage, with sales exempt from capital gains thanks to wine’s classification as a wasting chattel.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Slave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slave. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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