porters

plural of porter, chiefly British
as in janitors
a person who tends a door he generously tipped the porter for hailing a taxi

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Recent Examples of porters This is a black IPA, relying heavily on the roasted malts more typically used in porters and stouts. Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Best known as Travelers Rest’s first craft brewery, this spot is a local favorite popular for its world-class selection of beers, with everything from pale ales to porters. Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025 They’re joined, of course, by dark beers, porters, stouts, doppelbocks, and others that have remained impenetrably opaque, plus several styles of beer that are usually unfiltered, such as kellerbiers, gose, Belgian wits, saisons, and others. Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
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janitors
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  • And there is good reason companies still employ janitors to sweep floors despite the invention of the Roomba and commercial versions of robotic sweepers like Avidbots’ Neo.
    Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • This includes every level of staffing at local schools, from cafeteria workers to janitors, teachers to playground supervisors.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Porters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porters. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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