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Recent Examples of workman
According to workmen at the site, repairs are expected to take a week to 10 days.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Other categories, including workmen’s and unemployment compensation, ask for $12,044.39.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
The incident caught the world's attention as Japanese workmen repaired the road within a matter of days.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Work was nearing completion on the Baptist church as workmen posed atop the steeple still under construction.
—Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Other categories, including workmen’s and unemployment compensation, ask for $12,044.39.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
The incident caught the world's attention as Japanese workmen repaired the road within a matter of days.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Work was nearing completion on the Baptist church as workmen posed atop the steeple still under construction.
—Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workman
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The quintessential British Wimbledon competitor of modern times was Tim Henman, a slender serve-and-volley craftsman, who raised his level, improbably, every summer, lifted by a collective act of national yearning.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
12 July 2025
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According to McKinsey, construction and manufacturing companies in the U.S. are competing for a dwindling supply of skilled craftsmen, or tradespeople like carpenters, masons, electricians, welders, and plumbers.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes.com,
2 July 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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His position as Paddy’s handyman keeps the place running, even if most of his solutions are of the makeshift.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
21 July 2025
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Her father runs a small handyman and remodeling business and is deeply involved in his church and community.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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Authorities had alleged that Haskell had hired four day laborers on Nov. 7, 2023 to dispose of several large trash bags, which one of the laborers said contained body parts.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Farmworker advocates said Friday afternoon that one laborer had died from injuries sustained after falling from the roof of a greenhouse at Glass House cannabis operation while trying to escape federal agents.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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This Lego set is mostly aimed at more experienced builders and collectors, and the Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon (75375) set looks stunning as a display item.—
Paul Brett,
Space.com,
11 July 2025
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It was occupied by a minister, followed by a teacher, then a builder, before becoming an upscale rooming house, as Daytonian in Manhattan reported — the kind of place where budget-conscious graduate students lived.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
10 July 2025
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The Renaissance-era tradesmen are long gone; in their place are people there to gawk at what the Renaissance-era tradesmen bought.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
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In the Middle Ages, aprons made from leather and heavy canvas were worn by farriers, cobblers, butchers, blacksmiths and other tradesmen desiring heavy duty protection from the perils of their work.—
Nicole Mowbray,
CNN Money,
25 June 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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Our friends and neighbors are living in terror of ICE raids that leave their families broken without a wage earner and leave children without their parents.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2025
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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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“Workman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workman. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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