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Recent Examples of workman
The incident caught the world's attention as Japanese workmen repaired the road within a matter of days.
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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
The defective grandstand was a last-minute add-on; workmen were still hammering it together as people took their seats.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
Florals appeared as embroideries and prints on workman jackets and corduroy pants adding an artisanal touch to the look, as seen in this Rue de Tokyo piece.
—Alex Badia, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
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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
The defective grandstand was a last-minute add-on; workmen were still hammering it together as people took their seats.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
Florals appeared as embroideries and prints on workman jackets and corduroy pants adding an artisanal touch to the look, as seen in this Rue de Tokyo piece.
—Alex Badia, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workman
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This approach may challenge our classical view of computer science skills, suggesting a shift toward developers who are more orchestrators of software development process steps than coding craftsmen.—
Forrester,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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One Man, One Engine: AMG engines are hand built by a single craftsman, a tradition that emphasizes quality and craftsmanship.—
Tony Leopardo,
Mercury News,
20 Apr. 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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This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2024
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Jesse Kesler, who worked as Hackman’s contractor and handyman for 16 years, was identified as one of two local workers who came upon the devastating scene at the couple’s sprawling home on Feb. 26, while helping with a welfare check, the Daily Mail reported.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2025
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The handyman has since been extradited to Washington for further prosecution. Ill.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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But, as Levi history tells it, the wife of a local laborer came to Davis asking for pants that wouldn’t fall apart.—
Catherine Salfino,
Sourcing Journal,
8 May 2025
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Vita's Ukrainian mother (my grandmother) survived as an orphan for two years under German occupation and barely evaded being carted off to Germany to work as a forced laborer.—
Sasha Vasilyuk,
Time,
8 May 2025
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These headwinds have forced builders to slash prices during the peak homebuying season.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Why Standard Impact Windows Aren’t Enough Many builders install basic code-minimum impact windows.—
Florida Window,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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Many of these workers are put on residential construction jobs with little or no training and with no experienced tradesman supervising their work.—
Marcela Valdes,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The fundamental skills have been passed from one tradesman to another for more than 100 years.—
Marcela Valdes,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 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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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,
15 May 2025
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What To Know Senators Roger Marshall of Kansas and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama have introduced the Overtime Wages Tax Relief Act, which would create an income tax deduction for overtime wage earners.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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“Workman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workman. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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