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Recent Examples of workingman
Kimmel has a great blend of classy guy and workingman’s appeal, but this isn’t his strongest night.
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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
His workingman shtick, borrowed from socialist folk-music sentimentality, is sustained by the showbiz equivalent of the Democrat machine.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2024
As for some of the others, there is only a slight difference between their income and the wages of a workingman.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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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
His workingman shtick, borrowed from socialist folk-music sentimentality, is sustained by the showbiz equivalent of the Democrat machine.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2024
As for some of the others, there is only a slight difference between their income and the wages of a workingman.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workingman
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That workman-like answer from Beck, in many ways, encapsulates his approach all season with the Hurricanes.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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And the workman joined in, meowing back at Arthur as his cries got progressively louder and faster.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
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Mayor Bass also secured 17 positions for supply and maintenance staffing, including heavy-duty mechanics, mechanic helpers, tire repairers, maintenance laborers, toolroom workers, truck operators and more.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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An illiterate laborer and cook, Lee joined the Shaking Quaker sect in 1758.—
Claire Messud,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2026
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Reminiscent of the Row or the elegant workingwoman aesthetic of Celine’s Phoebe Philo era, the clothes are instantly covetable.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2021
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One quirk will apply starting in 2026 to reduce the tax break for very high wage earners.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
13 Nov. 2025
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The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Workingman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workingman. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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