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
Some of the laborers were sent to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Baker County, while some went to Miami's Krome Detention Center.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 6 June 2025
And, indeed, much like other immigrant laborers, French-Canadian loggers were subject to harsh working conditions and low pay as well as to political disenfranchisement.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2025
In China, millions of laborers are ready to shift into high-tech manufacturing at a moment's notice.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Several Haitian presidents staged immigration campaigns to attract enslaved and formerly enslaved laborers from the United States.
—Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 6 June 2025
And, indeed, much like other immigrant laborers, French-Canadian loggers were subject to harsh working conditions and low pay as well as to political disenfranchisement.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2025
In China, millions of laborers are ready to shift into high-tech manufacturing at a moment's notice.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Several Haitian presidents staged immigration campaigns to attract enslaved and formerly enslaved laborers from the United States.
—Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborer
Noun
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Unifor had fired back that DHL is not one of the top four express package delivery companies in Canada, and that DHL workers represent fewer than 0.7 percent of all local delivery workers and less than 15 percent of all courier workers in the country.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
27 June 2025
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Abrego Garcia worked as a construction worker in Maryland before his deportation in March, living with his wife and three children.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following the arrival of Union troops.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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Although they’re never specifically called slaves, there are clues within the tablets that these women are—like Briseis, like Andromache—exactly those kinds of enslaved foreign victims, deported back to Greece, that Homer mentions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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