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as in laborers
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 employees
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 workers
Some families had to go without benefits for several days this month, Haynes said, and many federal workers in the Sacramento region are going unpaid in a season when the demand for food assistance always soars.
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Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
On the back end, VA is ramping up AI uses that ease the burden on workers.
—Adam Stone, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The deal would restore critical services like federal food aid, as well as pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
Employing 550 workers on three shifts, the facility expects to double its employment count in three years at the plant the size of nine football fields.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
Further, many construction jobs were being done by undocumented workers, particularly in the Southwest, where deportations are impacting the ability for homebuilders to find enough labor to build homes.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
This bipartisan legislation will finally give us a clear picture of AI’s impact on the workforce—what jobs are being eliminated, which workers are being retrained and where new opportunities are emerging.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 11 Nov. 2025
Micron came in third place on Forbes’ list of America’s best employers for tech workers.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025
The hub employs thousands of workers, has 300 daily flights and sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2025
Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
On the back end, VA is ramping up AI uses that ease the burden on workers.
—Adam Stone, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The deal would restore critical services like federal food aid, as well as pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
Employing 550 workers on three shifts, the facility expects to double its employment count in three years at the plant the size of nine football fields.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
Further, many construction jobs were being done by undocumented workers, particularly in the Southwest, where deportations are impacting the ability for homebuilders to find enough labor to build homes.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
This bipartisan legislation will finally give us a clear picture of AI’s impact on the workforce—what jobs are being eliminated, which workers are being retrained and where new opportunities are emerging.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 11 Nov. 2025
Micron came in third place on Forbes’ list of America’s best employers for tech workers.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025
The hub employs thousands of workers, has 300 daily flights and sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workers
Noun
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The number of Japanese immigrants increased at the beginning of the 20th century and thousands found work as migrant laborers for white farmers.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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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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Approximately 140 of Crews & Associates' employees are moving their jobs from the downtown office in the River Market District to the new location.—
Jon Walker,
Arkansas Online,
8 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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“Workers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workers. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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