as in workers
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
He is accused of not checking work authorizations before hiring laborers, according to the Post.
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Irene Wright,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Israel soon barred nearly two hundred thousand Palestinian laborers from its workforce.
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Nirit Peled,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
The route also brought artisans, laborers and slaves to the Spanish colony.
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Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
The foundation was launched in 2016 by Ramona Landeros to assist laborers and immigrant communities dealing with food insecurity and other issues.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
june 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
For American diners of diverse backgrounds, chop suey struck an enticing balance between novelty and decipherability, which propelled it to national popularity even as the US government moved to exclude Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1882.
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Ashley Rose Young,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
Both his great-grandmother and his grandmother, who co-wrote the screenplay, were child laborers once compelled to dig for ore in the desert.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 June 2026
As recounted by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Cimino ran long and went over budget on his epic drama about the Johnson County War, which saw cattle barons attacking immigrant laborers in late 19th-century Wyoming.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
So on market days, local Colored laborers would follow in the tradition of the formerly enslaved, riding donkeys, horses, or rowing boats to other parishes where food was in greater supply and available for sale.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Israel soon barred nearly two hundred thousand Palestinian laborers from its workforce.
—
Nirit Peled,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
The route also brought artisans, laborers and slaves to the Spanish colony.
—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
The foundation was launched in 2016 by Ramona Landeros to assist laborers and immigrant communities dealing with food insecurity and other issues.
—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
june 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
For American diners of diverse backgrounds, chop suey struck an enticing balance between novelty and decipherability, which propelled it to national popularity even as the US government moved to exclude Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1882.
—
Ashley Rose Young,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
Both his great-grandmother and his grandmother, who co-wrote the screenplay, were child laborers once compelled to dig for ore in the desert.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 June 2026
As recounted by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Cimino ran long and went over budget on his epic drama about the Johnson County War, which saw cattle barons attacking immigrant laborers in late 19th-century Wyoming.
—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
So on market days, local Colored laborers would follow in the tradition of the formerly enslaved, riding donkeys, horses, or rowing boats to other parishes where food was in greater supply and available for sale.
—
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborers
Noun
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There are fewer opportunities for younger workers to find mentors and soak up knowledge.
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The sheriff's office says a preliminary investigation found that workers were installing underground tanks.
Noun
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The new educational panels were designed to replace ones put up in 2010 that told the story of how nine slaves lived in the home along with George and Martha Washington in the 1790s, when Philadelphia was briefly the nation’s capital.
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Freed Black male slaves obtained that right before any woman did.
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“Laborers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborers. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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