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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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The result is an intimate offering of access to heritage maisons and avant-garde craftsmen beyond the frenetic halls of Watches & Wonders, the world’s largest trade show.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
9 Sep. 2025
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The larger-scale drama is unquestionably effective — what Greengrass and his team of craftsmen and visual artists have been able to do with wind is a miracle, and that’s to say nothing of the fire itself — and so evocative and terrifying that words fail to do it justice.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
6 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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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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When her fiancé arrived, the handyman ended up needing a trip to the hospital himself, according to police.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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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
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Local 724, the Hollywood laborers’ group, in a landmark election that took place Friday.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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This is especially appealing to syndicators, fund managers, and portfolio builders who want unified management across multiple markets.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The builders of the SDA's operational satellites include York, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 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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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 new had to be just as bold, and so Schultze & Weaver Architects hired the best American tradesmen, all from New York, to puzzle the pieces together.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
25 July 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 17 Sep. 2025.
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