as in worker
a person who does very hard or dull work
they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
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Recent Examples of laborer
Labor Shortage There’s already a shortfall of laborers to replace the approximately 500,000 people a year who are aging out or retiring, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors trade association.
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Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Authorities had alleged that Sam IV had hired four day laborers on Nov. 7, 2023 to dispose of several large trash bags, which one of the laborers said contained body parts.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 16 July 2025
This was a very common patriotic project for volunteer laborers in late‑war Japan—especially among those either too old or too young to perform more demanding and exacting full‑time war plant work.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
However, in contrast to the vision of free yeoman workers, historians have found that most laborers who arrived on the first ships were either indentured to individual masters or bound by some other kind of contract that limited their freedom.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
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Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Authorities had alleged that Sam IV had hired four day laborers on Nov. 7, 2023 to dispose of several large trash bags, which one of the laborers said contained body parts.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 16 July 2025
This was a very common patriotic project for volunteer laborers in late‑war Japan—especially among those either too old or too young to perform more demanding and exacting full‑time war plant work.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
However, in contrast to the vision of free yeoman workers, historians have found that most laborers who arrived on the first ships were either indentured to individual masters or bound by some other kind of contract that limited their freedom.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborer
Noun
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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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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
Noun
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While the comparison of slave babies being taken from their mommas, and immigrant children being separated from their parents might seem a bit harsh to some, the pain is the same.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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Although, of course, this was an inversion of the slave master–slave woman coupling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborer. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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