WORKINGMAN Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

workingman

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Recent Examples of workingman After all, one thing workingmen, women, and almost all of the enslaved had in common, on the commons, was the fact that none of them could vote. — Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 McCardell is the one who ignored its provenance as a humble workingman’s textile and brought it to women’s wear. — Julia Turner, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025 Kimmel has a great blend of classy guy and workingman’s appeal, but this isn’t his strongest night. — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour. — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for workingman

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The day shift also starts making factory-work jokes, with Rekha playing a perky do-bee who just wants to make the boss happy, and Lily adopting an agitator role, demanding workman’s comp and trying to spark revolt.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
After Napoleon Dynamite, Gries landed a recurring role on Lost as Ben Linus' father, Roger, a DHARMA Initiative workman.

— Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026

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On July 1, a laborer was working in a trench about 10 feet deep in Livingston County, tying down an industrial storage tank, when the trench collapsed, trapping him.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 13 July 2026
His articles argued that migrant laborers were essential to California agriculture yet often faced hostility, poverty and unsafe living conditions.

— James Ward, USA Today, 10 July 2026

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Homes that were built to be attainable for a modest local wage earner were inflated into high-yield financial assets.

— Jonathan Tower, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026
Sanchez and Stewart have disagreed on housing policy in the city, but both have said there is a critical need to balance the expansion of market-rate apartments with units that are within reach of below-average wage earners.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026

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