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
No workers for mundane tasks Diez revealed that manufacturers worldwide are struggling to find laborers for highly repetitive physical tasks.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
The voices captured on that wall belong not to emperors or senators, but to lovers, laborers, sports fans, and artists who left their marks in a corridor between two theaters, never imagining those marks would still be read 2,000 years later.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Those changes include amending the contract for unionized laborers to have them all under the public works umbrella, with some assigned to the street department and some to the parks department.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
While Ye did pay him $260,000, Saxon says much of that went back into the house and was used for construction material and laborers.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
Witkus offered to show him to where other laborers were working, and the man thanked him.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Construction laborers work on a high rise building in Kolkata on July 23, 2024.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
Many employers otherwise perform only superficial efforts at verification of legal status of employees, confident that enforcement agencies will target laborers, not management.
—Federico Peña, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
Commoners worked for wages, too, usually as farm laborers.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
The voices captured on that wall belong not to emperors or senators, but to lovers, laborers, sports fans, and artists who left their marks in a corridor between two theaters, never imagining those marks would still be read 2,000 years later.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Those changes include amending the contract for unionized laborers to have them all under the public works umbrella, with some assigned to the street department and some to the parks department.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
While Ye did pay him $260,000, Saxon says much of that went back into the house and was used for construction material and laborers.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
Witkus offered to show him to where other laborers were working, and the man thanked him.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Construction laborers work on a high rise building in Kolkata on July 23, 2024.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
Many employers otherwise perform only superficial efforts at verification of legal status of employees, confident that enforcement agencies will target laborers, not management.
—Federico Peña, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
Commoners worked for wages, too, usually as farm laborers.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborers
Noun
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Steps from the Capitol's West Front and where the worst of the fighting occurred, workers quietly have installed a plaque honoring the officers, three years after it was required by law to be erected.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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In Kharkiv, in Ukraine's northeast, emergency workers were combing the rubble, looking for survivors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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After the slaves were freed and cotton was no longer king, a different sort of richness was pulled from the ground in Walker County.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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Launched in 2020 after the 400th anniversary of the first African slaves arriving in Jamestown, Virginia, the decade-long initiative encourages people of African descent to visit or repatriate and reconnect with their heritage and culture.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Laborers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborers. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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