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
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the city has seen a decline in large scale construction projects, leaving many laborers without steady, long-term employment.
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Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Local 724, the Hollywood laborers’ group, in a landmark election that took place Friday.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
None of that would happen without thousands of electricians, carpenters, construction laborers, plumbers and other skilled tradespeople, who have triggered an economic boom in the city of 130,000.
—Andrew Schaap, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
As fears swirl that American manufacturing workers and skilled laborers may soon be replaced by artificial intelligence and robots, Alex Karp, CEO of the AI and data analytics software company Palantir Technologies, hopes to change the narrative.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
On the Mauser Packaging Solutions plant floor, laborers do the dirty work of reconditioning steel containers used to transport chemicals.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Manual laborers and those living in rural areas experienced the largest health impacts.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
The comparison implies that the movements of these laborers — and they are forced laborers — are exquisitely modern.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
Most of their artifacts are letters or other documents such as slave contracts, death certificates, baptismal records and police reports involving Chinese laborers who immigrated to Cuba in the 1800s.
—Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Local 724, the Hollywood laborers’ group, in a landmark election that took place Friday.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
None of that would happen without thousands of electricians, carpenters, construction laborers, plumbers and other skilled tradespeople, who have triggered an economic boom in the city of 130,000.
—Andrew Schaap, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
As fears swirl that American manufacturing workers and skilled laborers may soon be replaced by artificial intelligence and robots, Alex Karp, CEO of the AI and data analytics software company Palantir Technologies, hopes to change the narrative.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
On the Mauser Packaging Solutions plant floor, laborers do the dirty work of reconditioning steel containers used to transport chemicals.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Manual laborers and those living in rural areas experienced the largest health impacts.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
The comparison implies that the movements of these laborers — and they are forced laborers — are exquisitely modern.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
Most of their artifacts are letters or other documents such as slave contracts, death certificates, baptismal records and police reports involving Chinese laborers who immigrated to Cuba in the 1800s.
—Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborers
Noun
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The district says the money will help pay for a laundry list of programs, such as all-day kindergarten at all grade schools; the universal free breakfast program; pre-K centers; expanded career-technical education programs; and additional social workers, counselors and behavior specialists.—
Kevin Richert,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
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Rather than rendering aid or notifying emergency personnel, Sellers told co-workers that a ‘woman fell in the parking lot’ and needed help.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Paired with the exhibit will be a collection of slavery documents from AARLCC, such as bills of sale for slaves, insurance documents, and emancipation documents, Hobbs said.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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About 11 percent of Africans brought to Grenada as slaves between 1669 and 1808 are believed to have been Sierra Leonean, like my parents, whose direct lineage avoided the ships by grace alone.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Laborers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborers. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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