gandy dancer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gandy dancer
Noun
  • Brahmins, who were traditionally priests, sit at the top, followed by warriors, merchants, and laborers – each further divided into thousands of subcategories.
    Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The minimum wage standards required of firms receiving CHIPS funding, for example, could have been applied to all categories of workers, not just to laborers and mechanics.
    Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, rising household incomes, economic expansion, pension reform, and adjustments to the healthcare system have allowed more households to exist with just one wage earner.
    Rocio Wu, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • By August 2022, lower wage earners were averaging 7% yearly pay increases compared to 4.5% for the higher earners, the Atlanta Fed data shows.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Locavore Bar & Grill doles out casual gourmet grub from a food truck, with indoor/outdoor seating and a buzzy atmosphere that includes a full-service bar.
    Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
  • To start and end the day, visitors can dig into gourmet grub created by the ranch's on-site chef, Brian Doyle; his dishes are meant to evoke the spirit of the West and involve plenty of prime cuts and fresh fish.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Experts universally agree that AI security focuses on protecting models from external threats like hacks, data breaches and model poisoning.
    Sam Sabin, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Through the first four months of 2024, Web3 projects had already lost over $401 million to various hacks and attacks.
    Dmitry Mishunin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Read full article Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 May 2021
Noun
  • Some examples of how entry-level roles are shifting: Jobs that used to be widely available include data entry clerks, call center representatives, and administrative assistants.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Her assistant allegedly later made a reservation for her at the same hotel on the same dates for one person.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As the new Trump cases touching on issues of presidential power move forward, the judges may confront another potential threat: that Mr. Trump and his subordinates simply refuse to comply with some of their orders.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • In April 2021, state prosecutors said, Teran sent court records related to roughly three dozen deputies to a subordinate to evaluate for possible inclusion in internal databases that prosecutors use to track officers accused of dishonesty and other misconduct.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Finding the sweet spot between having Smith’s number called and being a cog in the machine, regardless of whatever defensive scheme is thrown their way.
    Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • That, coupled with the rising competition from China in the automotive sector – a huge cog in the economic machine of Germany – and a looming trade crisis with a belligerent Trump administration are all worrying prospects.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Gandy dancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gandy%20dancer. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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