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Noun
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The region has some of the world’s longest working hours, with laborers there often clocking more than 2,000 hours a year compared to around 1,700 in the US, and close to 1,400 in Germany.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
8 May 2026 -
All of this is thrilling news for the literary laborer.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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Where to eat and drink in Kansas City Barbecue Barbecue is an everyday affair in Kansas City: a workingman’s (and workmanlike) tradition that prioritizes adaptation over aesthetics.—
Liz Cook,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 Jan. 2026
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For the average farmer, the global financial crisis and the reaction to it crystalized the idea that an elite financial cabal was putting the interests of bankers above the interests of the workingman.—
David McWilliams,
Fortune,
16 Nov. 2025
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Four years ago, a longtime admirer of Morris’s, Paul Clements, produced a workman-like survey of the travel writer’s life and oeuvre; now Wheeler comes forth with a much deeper and more questioning look at an author who could seem at home everywhere, yet remain a stranger in her own household.—
Pico Iyer,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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Hilgenberg and Voigt were business partners, Blair was Voigt’s racquetball partner and McNeill was Voigt’s workman’s compensation lawyer.—
Charley Walters,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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Two raises have since been implemented, taking subminimum wage earners from $9.48 an hour to $12.62.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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As the Journal notes, the primary reason many wealthy blue state residents will benefit is a provision in the tax bill that quadruples how much in state and local levies an individual wage earner may write-off on his or her federal return.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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Reminiscent of the Row or the elegant workingwoman aesthetic of Celine’s Phoebe Philo era, the clothes are instantly covetable.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2021
Noun
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What is the return for the employee, e.g. less drudge work, faster decisions, more time for higher-value tasks?—
Stephen Wunker,
Forbes.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Yet the story of the toiler turned tycoon persisted.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
26 July 2025
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Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.—
Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Aug. 2023
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