as in longshoreman
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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Recent Examples of dockworker
Maritime Specialists May Be Concerned About Losing Their Jobs To AI
In October 2024, thousands of dockworkers went on strike on the Eastern coast of the U.S.
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Alexandr Khomich, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Company executives said that Target had to reroute some merchandise when the dockworkers went on strike, which increased operating costs and cut into profit margins.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
But with a tentative deal put in place by January, which averted a second strike, the union of 45,000 dockworkers got some reprieve on automation—at least enough to maintain a certain number of jobs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 July 2025
But the agreement effectively kicked the can on other vital issues for dockworkers, especially related to job security.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Alexandr Khomich, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Company executives said that Target had to reroute some merchandise when the dockworkers went on strike, which increased operating costs and cut into profit margins.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
But with a tentative deal put in place by January, which averted a second strike, the union of 45,000 dockworkers got some reprieve on automation—at least enough to maintain a certain number of jobs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 July 2025
But the agreement effectively kicked the can on other vital issues for dockworkers, especially related to job security.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dockworker
Noun
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Bridges traveled the West Coast coordinating a strike of all longshoremen and warehousemen.—
Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made by History,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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In the late Eighties, Mom and I moved with my stepfather, George, a longshoreman, to his apartment in Hell’s Kitchen, the west side of midtown Manhattan.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2025
Noun
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The jobs reflected in the survey include dockworkers, stevedores, truck drivers, financing and administrative positions.—
Tom Hudson,
Sun Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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His father was a stevedore and his mother an autodidact who aspired to something better than the prefab house where her family lived.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockworker. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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