gandy dancers

noun

plural of gandy dancer
as in laborers

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  1. laborers
  2. grubs
  3. assistants
  4. subordinates
Noun
  • His articles argued that migrant laborers were essential to California agriculture yet often faced hostility, poverty and unsafe living conditions.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • Management balanced multiple factors before choosing the site, prioritizing the regional availability of industrial laborers, logistical links to western power grids, and local economic development programs.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
Definition of laborers
Noun
  • The presence of grubs indicates that the ecosystem is out of balance, says Brian Daubenspeck, a farmer and mentor at The Soil Food Web School.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
  • Japanese beetles suddenly emerge mid-summer as the grubs become adults.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of grubs
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  • Apple is trying to make Siri more competitive with assistants from OpenAI and Anthropic while keeping more personal information and AI processing on the device.
    — MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • That’s one area developers are working on, Janna said, like the multilingual hologram assistants are at Miami International Airport.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • Mayor Dean Trantalis, Commissioner Steven Glassman and Commissioner John Herbst took issue with her leadership, accusing her of being dismissive to subordinates and ruffling too many feathers.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Put simply, the theory says the president should be able to issue orders to subordinates and to fire them at will.
    — Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
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