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Recent Examples of workingwoman
Reminiscent of the Row or the elegant workingwoman aesthetic of Celine’s Phoebe Philo era, the clothes are instantly covetable.
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New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workingwoman
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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In 1893, workmen laid dynamite charges and started blowing them up.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Olsen is wearing an oversized black workman’s jacket, very similar to, if not an exact piece from The Row in a different color.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For wage earners, Social Security and Medicare taxes are called FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) and are taken out of your paycheck.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
6 June 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,
14 May 2025
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The South American liberation leader Simón Bolívar emancipated the slave laborers who worked on his family’s estate—unlike George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
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In Hollywood, officers raided the parking lot of a Home Depot where laborers and food vendors worked.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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“Workingwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workingwoman. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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