nine-to-fivers

plural of nine-to-fiver

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Noun
  • The number of Japanese immigrants increased at the beginning of the 20th century and thousands found work as migrant laborers for white farmers.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In the early twentieth century, two groups of Indians living in America, young intellectuals and working-class laborers, had very different experiences of the country.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And some of our other coworkers will be traveling.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But Roker wasn't done with his coworkers.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Beginning in 2012, my colleagues and I helped thousands of interdisciplinary teams at IBM become more entrepreneurial, more agile, and more customer-focused.
    Phil Gilbert, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Some of their most politically vulnerable members are returning to Washington desperate to keep colleagues in both chambers from losing interest in immediate results.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Nine-to-fivers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nine-to-fivers. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.

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