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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 laborers
This structure, along with Structure II (likely a checkpoint or guard post), was part of the police and guard infrastructure surrounding the laborers’ settlements.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
In the manufacturing, construction and electrical trades, there's a dearth of talent as skilled laborers age out of the workforce without being replaced by younger workers.
—Kate Rogers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The town dates back to the 1860s, when Union Pacific's nearby coal deposits lured thousands of immigrant laborers to the mines and railyards as the company neared the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
—Jenna McMurtry, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
The operation, according the attorney's office, involved the construction of over 1,100 greenhouses and employed both local Navajo workers and Chinese foreign laborers, some of whom were undocumented immigrants, to grow, cultivate and transport marijuana out of New Mexico.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
This will pose severe health risks, especially for the elderly, outdoor laborers, and those in agriculture.
—Elfatih Eltahir, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Christopher Columbus’s son, Diego Colón, Hispaniola’s governor, granted him an encomienda, or consignment of Indian laborers, on the north coast of the island in the Cibao Valley.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The figure in Nepal is even higher — 20% — which observers say has pushed young people to leave the country in droves to find jobs in neighboring India as well as in other regions such as the Middle East, where they’re often employed as laborers.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
The three of them crammed into a single room in a small blue house full of Spanish-speaking laborers.
—ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
In the manufacturing, construction and electrical trades, there's a dearth of talent as skilled laborers age out of the workforce without being replaced by younger workers.
—Kate Rogers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The town dates back to the 1860s, when Union Pacific's nearby coal deposits lured thousands of immigrant laborers to the mines and railyards as the company neared the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
—Jenna McMurtry, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
The operation, according the attorney's office, involved the construction of over 1,100 greenhouses and employed both local Navajo workers and Chinese foreign laborers, some of whom were undocumented immigrants, to grow, cultivate and transport marijuana out of New Mexico.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
This will pose severe health risks, especially for the elderly, outdoor laborers, and those in agriculture.
—Elfatih Eltahir, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Christopher Columbus’s son, Diego Colón, Hispaniola’s governor, granted him an encomienda, or consignment of Indian laborers, on the north coast of the island in the Cibao Valley.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The figure in Nepal is even higher — 20% — which observers say has pushed young people to leave the country in droves to find jobs in neighboring India as well as in other regions such as the Middle East, where they’re often employed as laborers.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
The three of them crammed into a single room in a small blue house full of Spanish-speaking laborers.
—ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborers
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Portugal has been a hotspot for digital nomads, luring foreign remote workers with friendly visa policies, a better quality of life, and a lower cost of living.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Masses of federal workers face going unpaid until funding is restored.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Douglass is not victim of some faint-hearted anxiety about the use of force to free slaves, and to dispatch those who would threaten their freedom or their lives.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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But every lower court that has looked at the issue has concluded that Trump’s order violates or likely violates the 14th Amendment, which was intended to ensure that Black people, including former slaves, had citizenship.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Laborers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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