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: any of the sexually underdeveloped and usually sterile members of a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites that perform most of the labor and protective duties of the colony
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The company is planning to hire 200 workers.
The average worker earned $1,000 more this year.
If management doesn't make the changes, the workers will go on strike.
They are both hard workers.
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Robert Legare, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
Employers added 256,000 workers last month, surpassing economist expectations of 155,000 jobs added, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data on Friday showed.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
The total number of American workers in December 2024 is up only 5% from February 2020, far less than the headline 12% worker growth during Biden’s presidency.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Seasonal hiring has implications beyond December, as many retailers convert a certain percentage of temporary workers to permanent positions.
—Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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worker
noun
work·er
ˈwər-kər 
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: one that works
b
: a member of the working class
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: one of the members of a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites that are only partially developed sexually and that perform most of the labor and protective duties of the colony
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