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Recent Examples of sweatshop
The result will be an increase in preying on immigrants by the criminal element: robbery, protection scams, sweatshop labor and human trafficking, as the immigrant community withdraws from reliance on no-longer-safe court systems.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
Make basic tees cool again by paying his employees (most of whom were immigrants) double the minimum wage and avoiding outsourcing manufacturing to sweatshops.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 3 July 2025
Yet, its dialogue, which ranges from the laughably stereotypical to the downright absurd in the context of a sweatshop, stands out as the most unforgivable affront.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
An entire modern artistic genre — documentary photography — was weaned on the growing social effort to rein in the abusive practice of forcing children to toil in sweatshops and on farms in the wake of the Gilded Age.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
Make basic tees cool again by paying his employees (most of whom were immigrants) double the minimum wage and avoiding outsourcing manufacturing to sweatshops.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 3 July 2025
Yet, its dialogue, which ranges from the laughably stereotypical to the downright absurd in the context of a sweatshop, stands out as the most unforgivable affront.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
An entire modern artistic genre — documentary photography — was weaned on the growing social effort to rein in the abusive practice of forcing children to toil in sweatshops and on farms in the wake of the Gilded Age.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweatshop
Noun
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This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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Toyota also announced Thursday a plan to build a new vehicle factory in Japan, where car sales have been falling due to a shrinking population and declining ownership.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Lawns help cool the surrounding environment with the evaporation of water from plants.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
16 Aug. 2025
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Place a drop of water directly on the soil in your garden or container plant.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Opened in 1905 by brothers Moses and Ceasar Cone, White Oak in Greensboro, N.C. became the largest denim mill in the world occupying more than a million square feet.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
7 Aug. 2025
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With tariffs shifting unpredictably and trade relationships in flux, mills are being forced to rethink sourcing and production strategies from the ground up, often without a clear sense of when, where or how steeply new duties will hit.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Every bag is crafted by artisans in the Spanish workshops of Andalucía, which is renowned for some of the finest luxury leather craftsmanship in the world (houses like Loewe reportedly also use them).—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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There are workshops devoted to things like flowery lei making and lomi-lomi massage, and 50-plus vendors offering local artwork, jewelry and apparel.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Sweatshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweatshop. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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