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Recent Examples of workman
In and out of the house the workmen go all day, their boots crunching on the Ram Board over my rugs.
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Lauren Groff, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2025
While subsequent generations would analyze cinema as entirely psychological, Benjamin reminds us of the critical spatial conditions of the workman’s Kino and the public planetarium.
—Caroline A. Jones, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2025
The brazen daytime heist at the museum last Sunday stunned France, when four men, dressed as workmen, broke in through an upper floor window using a ladder on a moving truck.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 26 Oct. 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
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Lauren Groff, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2025
While subsequent generations would analyze cinema as entirely psychological, Benjamin reminds us of the critical spatial conditions of the workman’s Kino and the public planetarium.
—Caroline A. Jones, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2025
The brazen daytime heist at the museum last Sunday stunned France, when four men, dressed as workmen, broke in through an upper floor window using a ladder on a moving truck.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 26 Oct. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workman
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Fast forward some three decades and today, Orms and his team of craftsmen have emerged as arguably the industry’s most esteemed engravers.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Adventures have taken children and parents from the Caribbean to India to Japan, bringing local storytellers, craftsmen, and guides into the narrative.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 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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Mitchell once worked for the Smart family as a handyman and was familiar with the neighborhood.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Allen was arrested after asking his handyman to help clean up the bloody mess.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The trade was halted, and ships carrying Polynesian laborers were ordered back.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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We’re told that golf balls fished out of a pond are worth more than these laborers.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2026
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Voting viewers saw her as a breath of fresh air, an octogenarian inspiration and even a bridge-builder.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Is a builder a member of your county builders’ association?—
Dave Lieber,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Jan. 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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These prosecutions targeting hardworking American tradesmen were wrongheaded from the start.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Wealthy businessmen and governors are shown, but so are tradesmen and natives.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 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 1 Feb. 2026.
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