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Noun
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Mayor Bass also secured 17 positions for supply and maintenance staffing, including heavy-duty mechanics, mechanic helpers, tire repairers, maintenance laborers, toolroom workers, truck operators and more.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026 -
An illiterate laborer and cook, Lee joined the Shaking Quaker sect in 1758.—
Claire Messud,
Vogue,
8 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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After all, one thing workingmen, women, and almost all of the enslaved had in common, on the commons, was the fact that none of them could vote.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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That workman-like answer from Beck, in many ways, encapsulates his approach all season with the Hurricanes.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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And the workman joined in, meowing back at Arthur as his cries got progressively louder and faster.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
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One quirk will apply starting in 2026 to reduce the tax break for very high wage earners.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
13 Nov. 2025
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The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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Some of the routine tasks given to new hires are drudge work and not a learning experience.—
Justin Hotard,
Fortune,
7 Dec. 2025
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Offload drudge work and risky tasks so humans can focus on safer, more creative work.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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When Jensen was tiring of running her own business, her little brother did her the same favor of helping her land a job with the cannabis dispensary From The Earth at their Brookside location, where she was quickly hired and loved by her coworkers.—
PJ Green
January 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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The post was accompanied by photos showing Nicholson smiling and celebrating with coworkers and friends at his retirement party, marking what was meant to be a joyful milestone after more than two decades of service.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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