1
as in enslavement
the state of being an enslaved person
a child born into slavery
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2
as in labor
very hard or unpleasant work
endured the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life
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Recent Examples of slavery
In the next century, the confrontation over slavery was a fundamental issue behind a brutal Civil War that threatened to cleave it.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
There are thought to be around 250 pots by Drake still in existence, and over the past five years the market for his work has exploded, driven mainly by American museums competing for pieces in the hopes of telling a more complex story about the history of slavery in the US.
—Jori Finkel, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
But the real, urgent work ahead of them was to redeem the losses slavery had wrought.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
The vandalism occurred on June 19, 2020, also known as Juneteenth, the day that recognizes the end of slavery in the United States.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Susan Page, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
There are thought to be around 250 pots by Drake still in existence, and over the past five years the market for his work has exploded, driven mainly by American museums competing for pieces in the hopes of telling a more complex story about the history of slavery in the US.
—Jori Finkel, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
But the real, urgent work ahead of them was to redeem the losses slavery had wrought.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
The vandalism occurred on June 19, 2020, also known as Juneteenth, the day that recognizes the end of slavery in the United States.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavery
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To us, Nottoway’s transformation in the 1980s – from a brutal site of enslavement to a luxury resort and wedding venue – represented the Southern plantation tourist industry’s tendency to whitewash our past.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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For the Spanish, in one sense, the justification for the enslavement of Africans was complex and varied.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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And on Monday night, labor leaders and former congresswoman Katie Porter, a candidate for governor, held a rally on UC San Diego’s campus to galvanize the student vote.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The first dip comes from keeping labor costs so low that many of its own employees rely on SNAP to survive.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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Peña Lopez is also charged with document servitude.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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That merely meant coach Brian Dutcher didn’t have to delicately parcel out playing time while massaging egos on his Mariana Trench-deep roster, and the bench shortened by circumstance delivered a 77-45 win powered by a pair of true freshmen and a typically frenetic defensive effort.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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As companies pour trillions into transformation efforts, few see lasting results.—
Jana Werner,
Harvard Business Review,
5 Nov. 2025
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Rogers noted that the book argues that a central cause of the war was Anglo settlers’ determination to keep slaves in bondage after Mexico largely abolished it.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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For a stroll back in time, bucolic Natchez, MS offers tourists a comforting view of the antebellum South, glossing over such inconvenient realities as millions of people held in bondage.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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Despite tech companies’ promises about the capabilities of generative AI, the technology has frequently fallen short of its promoters’ lofty ambitions to streamline drudgery and free up humans to do more creative, fulfilling work.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Unlike the confrontational drudgery of couples therapy — and aiming to avoid the confrontational finality of divorce — this approach relies on subterfuge.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Typically, nonnative species are introduced to areas accidentally through cargo or escapes from captivity.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The birthday celebration was brutally cut short when Ofir was abducted into captivity, where he was murdered.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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How Tielemans overcame early toils is often used as a source of encouragement by new additions who seem peripheral at first.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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But to borrow Manidis’s framework, the drive to create such a tool conflates useless toil with meaningful labor.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavery. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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