Thesaurus results for WORKPLACES

workplaces

noun

plural of workplace

as in factories

the office, factory, etc., where people work a clean, comfortable workplace Foul language will not be tolerated in the workplace.

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Recent Examples of workplaces The use of humanoid robots and related systems in our workplaces and surroundings will grow. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Emergency response efforts are ongoing after a powerful earthquake struck Colombia Monday morning, collapsing buildings and sending people across the country racing out of their homes, workplaces and schools. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 As with other workplaces, overtime pay kicks in after eight hours, which means PAs working 12-hour days are paid at time-and-a-half for the last four hours. — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 On weekdays, particles of air pollution from workplaces and commuter vehicles may help to form more clouds that produce storms. — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026 In California, such systems were only mandatory in workplaces at the time of construction, and strict residential requirements would not become law until 2011. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 Complementing healthcare reforms with lifelong learning, age-friendly workplaces, and flexible employment can keep older people in the workforce. — Runchana Pongsaparn, Fortune, 31 July 2026 Or, as was the case during the 1984 Olympics, residents may flee the area and in-person workplaces may consider allowing for more remote work or off-hour days. — Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026 There have been some cases of large enforcement at agricultural workplaces, including immigration sweeps in July 2025 at two Southern California cannabis farms that led to the arrests of more than 300 people. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

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In Salisbury, which has become a hub for Haitians who work in nearby factories and farms, ICE recently started detaining people in parking lots and other areas immigrants frequent, according to Fouché of Safe Harbor Circles.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
That’s due to tougher rules on factories, power plants and vehicles that began when Ronald Reagan was governor, along with smog-check requirements for motorists, cleaner-burning diesel and gasoline blends and incentives for electric vehicles.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

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The Florida Immigrant Coalition has been holding community workshops explaining a number of immigration issues including the bond process.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Extra credit The store calendar is packed with CPR classes, story times, music sessions, book clubs, and parenting workshops.

— Kelly Aiglon, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

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Data centers use enormous amounts of energy, and Quincy has some of the lowest power rates in the country generated by two public hydroelectrical plants on the Columbia River, the largest river in the Pacific Northwest.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
These vines will also happily wind their way around tree trunks and shrubs and fix themselves in place with small rootlets that take on a hairy appearance as poison ivy plants mature.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2026

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For years, the conversation has focused on studios licensing actors, dead celebrities returning to screens and synthetic influencers built from nothing.

— Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
In the same spirit, the American occupation government instructed movie studios in Japan to show a Japanese couple kissing onscreen, as a public display of affection, American style.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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