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Recent Examples of workhorse
Raycon’s best-selling wireless earbuds are a workhorse for excellent audio.
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Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
The membrane, a layer of material sandwiched between the exterior of the boot and the lining, is the workhorse.
—Alisha McDarris, Outside, 7 Mar. 2026
Blends are kind of the workhorse of the Irish whiskey category, a common and affordable style that doesn’t always have a lot of complexity to it.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026
MacBook Pro This is the workhorse from Apple's stable, available in 14- and 16-inch variants with loads of options to configure the internals.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
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Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
The membrane, a layer of material sandwiched between the exterior of the boot and the lining, is the workhorse.
—Alisha McDarris, Outside, 7 Mar. 2026
Blends are kind of the workhorse of the Irish whiskey category, a common and affordable style that doesn’t always have a lot of complexity to it.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026
MacBook Pro This is the workhorse from Apple's stable, available in 14- and 16-inch variants with loads of options to configure the internals.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorse
Noun
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This is a warhorse expected to pull a buggy around a cottage.—
Jesus R. Garcia,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Feb. 2026
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Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Many laborers are still exhausted and underpaid.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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Construction of the Pennsylvania Canal system, which connected Philadelphia to Pittsburgh in the 1830s, relied on Irish laborers to perform grueling excavation work.—
Paula Kane,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?—
Drew Zieff,
Outside Online,
16 July 2024
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In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.—
Moira Hodgson,
WSJ,
30 Dec. 2021
Noun
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Unfortunately for Jorgensen, just about every Big Ten roster has a post player like Fielder — long, quick pluggers with a hard elbow in your ribs and a soft touch at the rim.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2026
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This tablet rocks up to 13 hours of battery life which is helpful to keep your kids engaged and attentive without constantly being asked where the plugger is.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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What does the phrase squeaky bum time, the racehorse Devon Loch, and the Portuguese proverb ‘morrer na prais’ all have in common?—
Ian Irving,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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In the meantime, to switch sports for a moment, OpenAI is like a fractious racehorse.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Los Angeles Times recently reported that Instawork, a staffing app that connects businesses with local hourly workers for same-day gigs, has been recruiting workers in Los Angeles to strap on headbands with a phone mount and record themselves cleaning their homes.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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The shake-up comes as pressure mounts on software companies to show a return on AI investments, as investors worry that the models could disrupt software incumbents.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Videos and photos from the scene showed thick gray smoke billowing from the complex and some workers jumping from a building.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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The need for the factory, the Navy explains, is a major labor shortage for key skills like welding, precision machining workers, and other specialist engineers.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the East Village, the stylish Hunan Slurp is known for spicy stir fries and less common proteins, including frog, pig trotter, and century egg.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The race welcomed para-athletes, and trotters with strollers were also invited to take part.—
Dylan Olsen,
CBS News,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Workhorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorse. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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