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as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables
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as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers
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Recent Examples of worker
This includes employers attesting, via the Department of Labor, that a prospective H-1B worker won’t affect wages and labor conditions of similar American workers, USCIS said.
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Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
Nearly every organization on the ground has been affected by the funding withdrawal, the aid worker in DR Congo explained.
—Sarah Dean, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Should workers protest, slow down, or walk off the job for higher rates of pay, this will tend to alter the wage structure (including wages in kind).
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Many firms submit multiple registrations for the same workers to improve their odds at the lottery, a Bloomberg News investigation previously found.
—Sankalp Phartiyal, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
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Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
Nearly every organization on the ground has been affected by the funding withdrawal, the aid worker in DR Congo explained.
—Sarah Dean, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Should workers protest, slow down, or walk off the job for higher rates of pay, this will tend to alter the wage structure (including wages in kind).
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Many firms submit multiple registrations for the same workers to improve their odds at the lottery, a Bloomberg News investigation previously found.
—Sankalp Phartiyal, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worker
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Christopher Columbus’s son, Diego Colón, Hispaniola’s governor, granted him an encomienda, or consignment of Indian laborers, on the north coast of the island in the Cibao Valley.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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The figure in Nepal is even higher — 20% — which observers say has pushed young people to leave the country in droves to find jobs in neighboring India as well as in other regions such as the Middle East, where they’re often employed as laborers.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
15 Sep. 2025
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University of Arkansas-North Arkansas College employees will benefit from becoming part of a larger network of 28,000 employees within the UA System, which operates with a total budget exceeding $4 billion, according to Micki Somers, the college's director of public relations.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2025
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Kelly said trustees needed more time to study policies and to discuss how allowing time for prayer and Bible reading and other religious texts will impact students and employees who are Jewish, Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Sep. 2025
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But then a twist of fate in the form of a mutinous slave ship off the coast of the United States offered an opportunity to take the battle over slavery to the courts.—
Time,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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As a young boy growing up in Seville—he was born in 1484—Bartolomé had witnessed the glory heaped on Columbus upon his return from his first cross-Atlantic voyage and heard the stories of islands filled with gold, spices, and potential slaves.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worker. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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