Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorses
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 -
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
Noun
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The items include bed frames, bedding, pillows, white-noise machines, area rugs, desk chairs, TVs and TV mounts.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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When staffing dips, the pressure mounts.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That measure, pushed by SEIU-UHW, a labor union representing many of the state’s health care workers, would impose a 5% tax on people with $1 billion or more in assets.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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An analysis by the National Association of Home Builders estimates tens of thousands of homes aren't being completed because there aren't enough workers.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Congress has become the president’s foot soldiers.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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Just as MBAs worldwide have spawned a managerial caste — the foot soldiers of the corporate world — the reckoning schools produced their own commercial caste.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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For their part, Samuel Adams and Paul Revere each worked hard to persuade Irishmen, Hessians, Indigenous people, and former slaves to defect to the patriot side.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 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
Noun
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Robert will need to complete series of increasingly complicated hacks to help keep her alive and locate the power source that everyone is now after.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Today, thanks to the popularity of laundry hacks on social media, people are revisiting that method.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Workhorses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorses. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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