1
as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables
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as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers
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Recent Examples of worker
Six workers were gathered around the spire.
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Seoul repatriated the workers on Friday.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
The South Korean government has been actively working to secure the workers’ release, along with the Korean Embassy in Washington, DC, and the Consulate General in Atlanta.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The South Korean government said on Sunday that the workers would be returned once administrative procedures were completed.
—Ted Hesson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Seoul repatriated the workers on Friday.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
The South Korean government has been actively working to secure the workers’ release, along with the Korean Embassy in Washington, DC, and the Consulate General in Atlanta.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The South Korean government said on Sunday that the workers would be returned once administrative procedures were completed.
—Ted Hesson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worker
Noun
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The three of them crammed into a single room in a small blue house full of Spanish-speaking laborers.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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Its origins trace back to the 19th century, when the mondine sang it—female laborers in Northern Italy's rice paddies—protesting brutal working conditions and lost youth.—
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The World Economic Forum says 50% of all employees will need reskilling by 2025.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Nearly half the agency's staff has been reduced, including hundreds of FSA employees.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
19 Sep. 2025
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The 1850 version mandated that the federal government actively help slave catchers track and apprehend people who’d escaped slavery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Inside the first Colosseum, the masses of Rome watched slaves and animals butcher one another.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worker. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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