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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
For instance, Seth Campbell continues his father’s legacy by serving on the board of the Two Ten Footwear Foundation, a nonprofit that aids shoe industry workers with education and emergency funds.
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Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
His parents ran a luncheonette and rooming house near factories whose immigrant workers came in to eat.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara with a screenplay by Hiroshi Seko, the movie follows Denji as his encounter with café worker Reze leads to a clash between intimate connection and bloody chaos.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
The deal would fund the government through January 30 and protect federal workers from being fired during that time.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
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Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
His parents ran a luncheonette and rooming house near factories whose immigrant workers came in to eat.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara with a screenplay by Hiroshi Seko, the movie follows Denji as his encounter with café worker Reze leads to a clash between intimate connection and bloody chaos.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
The deal would fund the government through January 30 and protect federal workers from being fired during that time.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worker
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In the early twentieth century, two groups of Indians living in America, young intellectuals and working-class laborers, had very different experiences of the country.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Nov. 2025
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The actions of delivery truck drivers, warehouse laborers and many others can be tracked and sifted, too.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Employers can create weekly forums where employees can share both AI successes and failures without judgment, then reallocate budgets away from underperforming AI experiments to pilots that are showing success.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Relief also came for DHS employees on Thursday when it was announced that USDA will provide administrative funding for the SNAP program, meaning the state won't furlough 1,500 employees in its Division of County Operations on Friday.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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The region was once dominated by slave plantations; during the two World Wars, Yemassee was best known for its train depot, which welcomed marine recruits on their way to basic training.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The film, written by Barbosa alongside Werner Salles, is set in 1695 and sees a family of slaves organize a rebellion to flee in search of the utopian Quilombo dos Palmares following a call from the spiritual helm.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worker. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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