1
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
The protest was organized by Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA), an international group of artists, curators, writers, and cultural workers.
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Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 May 2026
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on Thursday charged Brian Ramos, 25, of Edina, the owner of a roofing subcontractor known as Liminis Remodeling and Exteriors with two felony counts of worker’s compensation insurance premium fraud.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
The conveyor delivered my bowl to an elevator, which lifted it up through a hole at waist-level, ready to be grabbed by a human worker.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 8 May 2026
It was systematically dismantled by the fierce, courageous resistance of Black mothers, soldiers, and civil rights workers who recognized the lethal power of these performances and put everything on the line to change the course of our history.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
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Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 May 2026
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on Thursday charged Brian Ramos, 25, of Edina, the owner of a roofing subcontractor known as Liminis Remodeling and Exteriors with two felony counts of worker’s compensation insurance premium fraud.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
The conveyor delivered my bowl to an elevator, which lifted it up through a hole at waist-level, ready to be grabbed by a human worker.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 8 May 2026
It was systematically dismantled by the fierce, courageous resistance of Black mothers, soldiers, and civil rights workers who recognized the lethal power of these performances and put everything on the line to change the course of our history.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worker
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The region has some of the world’s longest working hours, with laborers there often clocking more than 2,000 hours a year compared to around 1,700 in the US, and close to 1,400 in Germany.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
8 May 2026
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All of this is thrilling news for the literary laborer.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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As of December, Cloudflare had 5,156 employees.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Shelter employees identified him through an NYPD CrimeStoppers alert, leading to his arrest two days later.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Both women traveled to Syria in 2014 with their families and allegedly kept a female slave at their homes, police said.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Kawsar Abbas, 53, and her daughter Zeinab Ahmed, 31, were charged in a Melbourne court in relation to allegations that their family bought a female Yazidi slave for $10,000, police said in a statement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 May 2026
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worker. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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