workingwoman

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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. New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workingwoman
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Two women take a selfie next to a mural by artist Banksy of a workman removing a star from the EU flag near the ferry terminal in Dover, Kent, in 2017.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Americana and denim go hand in hand, the stiff fabric harkening back to cowboy culture, workmen's uniforms and other mythologized aspects of the national identity.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • The Social Security Administration (SSA) distributes benefits to more than 70 million people, including retirees, disabled workers and the families of deceased wage earners.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • 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.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the city has seen a decline in large scale construction projects, leaving many laborers without steady, long-term employment.
    Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Local 724, the Hollywood laborers’ group, in a landmark election that took place Friday.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Proslavery propaganda in the antebellum South insisted that Northern wage slaves were worse off than Southern chattel slaves.
    Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019

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“Workingwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workingwoman. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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