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
Passover is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt, according to britannica.com.
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Chris Sims, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Symbol for hard lessons learned: The church is a teacher with hands-on experience in slavery that can still be seen today.
—Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Harris said the comments coming on the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States were consistent with Trump’s most recent policies and practices working against people of color.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated annually on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 June 2025
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Chris Sims, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Symbol for hard lessons learned: The church is a teacher with hands-on experience in slavery that can still be seen today.
—Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Harris said the comments coming on the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States were consistent with Trump’s most recent policies and practices working against people of color.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated annually on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavery
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The truth, of course, is that while rich entrepreneurs love to pose as one-man bands, every one of them acquired their wealth with the help and labor of thousands of others.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Blockbusters have always been expensive to produce, but a pandemic and two labor strikes left studios with an even steeper climb to profitability.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
8 July 2025
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There was, however, a fateful exception: slavery or involuntary servitude would remain permissible as punishment for crimes.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
30 June 2025
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Later that year, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2025
Noun
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There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
10 July 2025
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin has frustrated Trump's efforts to end the Ukraine war.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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The judge kept his half-brothers in bondage in Austin until Juneteenth in 1865.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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In the gap between law and emancipation, white landowners reaped profits, and Black families remained in bondage, unaware of the paper promises made in Washington.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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It's meant to be a place of administrative drudgery with zero action, and yet, led by the affectionately abrasive Jackson Lamb (Oldman), Slough House and its slow horses somehow get involved in some of the most important cases of the moment.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Its advertising promised an end to drudgery through food engineering.—
John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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At least 20 living hostages are believed to still remain in Hamas captivity.—
Diaa Ostaz,
ABC News,
28 June 2025
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The first-phase agreement ultimately allowed for the return of 33 hostages in Hamas captivity in exchange for 1,900 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Poets toil as often-anonymous individuals building some greater nest, colony, or hive that might outlast us or end up squashed and swept away unceremoniously.—
Hannah Brooks-Motl
June 2,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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More than a decade of physical and mental toil has caught up with me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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On its second test flight, however, the pilot was not available and Smolinski and Blake decided to take the wheel/yoke.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Where Harlan is decisive and self-possessed, Cane is anxious and unconfident, a good guy stymied by both the yoke of responsibility and his father’s tendency to cut him off at the knees (and punch him in the face).—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
19 June 2025
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“Slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavery. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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