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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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Yogi Tharanibalan, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
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Yogi Tharanibalan, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
Vanguard chose the university area and the region because of its access to talented workers and colleges, Manry said.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2025
Former President Barack Obama and Steve Bannon, a White House strategist during President Donald Trump’s first term, are both worried about the same thing: artificial intelligence displacing large numbers of white-collar workers.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Lack Of Attachment Remote workers often feel unattached due to the lack of face-to-face interaction, spontaneous collaboration and clear visibility into their impact.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker. Accessed 9 Jun. 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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