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Recent Examples of sweatshop
Knight publicly committed to specific sweatshop reforms in a 1998 speech at the National Press Club.
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Matthew Kish, ProPublica, 30 Jan. 2026
These probes revealed that brands frequently outsourced production to a network of subcontractors — many Chinese-owned — who utilized undocumented labor in sweatshop-like conditions to maximize profit margins.
—Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
Adding further fuel were the recent supply chain scandals in Italy’s high-end pipeline, which linked marquee brands including Dior, Valentino, Loro Piana, Giorgio Armani and Tod’s, among others, to subcontractors allegedly engaged in sweatshop schemes and labor exploitation.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Conducting business with the State Department was now on the same level as purchasing soft pretzels and sweatshop clothing, and this calmed Daria.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Matthew Kish, ProPublica, 30 Jan. 2026
These probes revealed that brands frequently outsourced production to a network of subcontractors — many Chinese-owned — who utilized undocumented labor in sweatshop-like conditions to maximize profit margins.
—Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
Adding further fuel were the recent supply chain scandals in Italy’s high-end pipeline, which linked marquee brands including Dior, Valentino, Loro Piana, Giorgio Armani and Tod’s, among others, to subcontractors allegedly engaged in sweatshop schemes and labor exploitation.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Conducting business with the State Department was now on the same level as purchasing soft pretzels and sweatshop clothing, and this calmed Daria.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweatshop
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New Britain, once the hub of the country’s hand tools and power tools industry, will lose its last remaining hardware factory this year when Stanley Black & Decker’s plant on Myrtle Street shuts down.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
8 May 2026
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Workers and owners had to live near factories.—
Yunus Emre Tozal,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Notably, Bauhinia blakeana is a sterile hybrid, resulting from the cross-pollination of two different plant varieties.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Generous spacing between rows makes for easy harvesting and good airflow between plants.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 May 2026
Noun
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The same aesthetic and spontaneous curves extend to the lobby bar area, which is enlivened by bronze plaster finishes and was achieved with the manual work of mill workers on-site.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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The construction of the new container ship port is promoted as boosting its employment numbers to the employment levels of the old steel mill.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The city is home to several in-the-works multi-million dollar developments, and is an attractive place for people looking to move to Parker County for its spacious land and proximity to successful school districts.—
Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 May 2026
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Like Ando’s architecture, Turrell makes the kind of immersive, site-specific art people travel great distances for, and Benesse has commissioned several of the American artist’s works, the rest of which can be found at the Chichu Art Museum.—
Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
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For Pau, the idea to turn to historical footage came from a workshop held by German media artist Hartmut Jahn at the Goethe-Institut Hongkong in late 1989.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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The county will hold a series of public workshops and hearings on the budget throughout May and June before the Board of Supervisors approves a final budget in June.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
2 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sweatshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweatshop. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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