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Recent Examples of workman
And the workman joined in, meowing back at Arthur as his cries got progressively louder and faster.
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Tower Mayor David Setterburg did not respond to PEOPLE's multiple requests for comment about Suihkonen's potential future with the city or the allegation that the insurance company's decision to reject her workman's comp claim.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
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
With the rugged aesthetic of a workman’s cargo pant and a convenient zip-off design, these pants are built for the on-the-go outdoorsman looking for phenomenal durability and flexibility in performance.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2023
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Tower Mayor David Setterburg did not respond to PEOPLE's multiple requests for comment about Suihkonen's potential future with the city or the allegation that the insurance company's decision to reject her workman's comp claim.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
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
With the rugged aesthetic of a workman’s cargo pant and a convenient zip-off design, these pants are built for the on-the-go outdoorsman looking for phenomenal durability and flexibility in performance.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workman
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Sears catalogued colonial and craftsman houses that still stand across Southern California cities including Monrovia and Placentia.—
Amancai Biraben,
Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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This one still offers precise, flavorful food served on wood dishes made by Ainu craftsmen nearly 70 years ago, when the restaurant first opened.—
Alex Halberstadt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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Where to eat and drink in Kansas City Barbecue Barbecue is an everyday affair in Kansas City: a workingman’s (and workmanlike) tradition that prioritizes adaptation over aesthetics.—
Liz Cook,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 Jan. 2026
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For the average farmer, the global financial crisis and the reaction to it crystalized the idea that an elite financial cabal was putting the interests of bankers above the interests of the workingman.—
David McWilliams,
Fortune,
16 Nov. 2025
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She was called to testify at the civil trial after Saxon, a 35-year-old musician, vintage record dealer, and handyman, filed legal claims in 2023 over his seven-week tenure working on the house in late 2021.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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Robert Anderson, the lead detective on the case, got the copies, one of which was a letter that Friedmann had addressed to a relative of his by marriage, Greg Hall (no relation to the sheriff), a handyman who lived in a Nashville apartment complex where Friedmann had once resided.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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No workers for mundane tasks Diez revealed that manufacturers worldwide are struggling to find laborers for highly repetitive physical tasks.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The voices captured on that wall belong not to emperors or senators, but to lovers, laborers, sports fans, and artists who left their marks in a corridor between two theaters, never imagining those marks would still be read 2,000 years later.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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This was not in place for engine builders when Honda last turned around a bad program with McLaren in 2015-2017 to become successful with Red Bull from 2021.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Instead, consider this more articulated Lego Iron Spider-Man set, for builders aged 8+.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 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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Travelers and locals, tradesmen and merchants, the working class and the wealthy would all spend time, elbow to elbow at tables crowded close together.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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But about 20 lawsuits by banks, contractors, tradesmen and angry would-be homebuyers will continue to work their way through the state court system.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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The book contains funny and terrible things, details and episodes so pungent that they must surely have been stolen from a fantastical artificer like Flann O’Brien.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2022
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The book includes new spells, character subclasses, story options for groups of players, options for creating sidekicks, tools for Dungeon Masters and includes the artificer class of magical inventors.—
Jordan Culver,
USA TODAY,
24 Aug. 2020
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“Workman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workman. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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