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Recent Examples of workman
Six months later, Nadja was discovered screaming in terror in the corridor of her hotel, having seen men on the roof (in an ironic echo of a scene Breton reports in the book—and which might in fact have been workmen on the neighboring rooftop, rather than the hallucination commonly supposed).
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Mark Polizzoti
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
The workman had no visible signs of trauma that would have killed him.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
According to workmen at the site, repairs are expected to take a week to 10 days.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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
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Mark Polizzoti
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
The workman had no visible signs of trauma that would have killed him.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
According to workmen at the site, repairs are expected to take a week to 10 days.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workman
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Austin brings a special energy and enthusiasm to his work on the baseball field, which matches the approach of the designers and craftsmen who create our beautiful products.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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He is said to have created the rice dish plov to heal a young prince who was lovesick after being banned from marrying a craftsman’s daughter.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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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
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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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In the first part, Pino recruited Bayron Bennett, a handyman who provided services for his yacht excursions.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Sep. 2025
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Seubert worked for more than two decades as a handyman for a man who owned Chicago apartment buildings.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
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This structure, along with Structure II (likely a checkpoint or guard post), was part of the police and guard infrastructure surrounding the laborers’ settlements.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the manufacturing, construction and electrical trades, there's a dearth of talent as skilled laborers age out of the workforce without being replaced by younger workers.—
Kate Rogers,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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In other acquisitions news, BlackRock is reportedly nearing a deal to purchase data center builder Aligned Data Centers for a whopping $40 billion, as demand for the facilities that power AI skyrockets.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Other engine builders caught up, and some parity has been restored.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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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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Throughout the 1950s, Volkswagen’s Type 2 microbus was hardly a collectible, but rather a tradesman’s workhorse, or a wholesome weekend motel on wheels for families camping mostly across Europe and North America.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
19 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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