1
as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables
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as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers
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Recent Examples of worker
The Department of Veterans Affairs axed another 1,400 workers this week with medical support staff dismissed with little to no warning or consultation with their supervisors at top VA care facilities.
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Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Feb. 2025
In October, PepsiCo closed four bottling plants across the country and laid off around 400 workers.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
This particular set would be sold to a bigger supplier that would then ship the lights and other components to a plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where 4,400 American workers build GMC's Sierra truck.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
There’s a lot of talk in the Florida Legislature right now about cracking down on unauthorized workers in the state.
—Thomas Kennedy, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
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Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Feb. 2025
In October, PepsiCo closed four bottling plants across the country and laid off around 400 workers.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
This particular set would be sold to a bigger supplier that would then ship the lights and other components to a plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where 4,400 American workers build GMC's Sierra truck.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
There’s a lot of talk in the Florida Legislature right now about cracking down on unauthorized workers in the state.
—Thomas Kennedy, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worker
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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
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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
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The store also told customers that Tedford was not associated with their store either as a current or former employee.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Instead of meaningful, long-term change, many organizations chose a checklist approach: hire a disabled employee, showcase their story in marketing campaigns, enter an industry award, and call it progress.—
Jessica Smith,
TIME,
26 Feb. 2025
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But little is known about what that girl and her family would have grown to eat in the slave quarters.—
Cynthia R. Greenlee,
Bon Appétit,
28 Feb. 2025
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The metropolis was populated by the aquatic descendants of pregnant African women who had been forced onto slave ships.—
Annalise Frank,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worker. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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