1
as in enslavement
the state of being an enslaved person
a child born into slavery
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2
as in labor
very hard or unpleasant work
endured the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life
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Recent Examples of slavery
But here’s the thing: the executive order leaves out key facts about America’s history, like how the Founding Fathers enshrined slavery in the Constitution and declared enslaved people to be three-fifths of a person.
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Melissa Noel, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025
The legislation, which nominally introduced and strengthened protections for people who survived situations of trafficking and modern slavery in the country, has been both praised and criticized ever since and remains a controversial topic to this day.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
With that, certain rituals are carried out, including eating bitter herbs, which symbolize the struggle of slavery.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 24 Mar. 2025
Lewis was working within the Neoclassical mode, recycling the stylings of ancient Greece for a new era concerned with enforcing the abolition of slavery.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Melissa Noel, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025
The legislation, which nominally introduced and strengthened protections for people who survived situations of trafficking and modern slavery in the country, has been both praised and criticized ever since and remains a controversial topic to this day.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
With that, certain rituals are carried out, including eating bitter herbs, which symbolize the struggle of slavery.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 24 Mar. 2025
Lewis was working within the Neoclassical mode, recycling the stylings of ancient Greece for a new era concerned with enforcing the abolition of slavery.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavery
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Vietnam, a rising manufacturing powerhouse, has seen a surge in Chinese investments in recent years as manufactures move supply chains out of China to take advantage of lower labor costs and hedge against US levies.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
14 Apr. 2025
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Selling Ownership While Still Holding The Reins Some company owners who have spent a lifetime building a business may be torn between fully enjoying the fruits of their labor and handing over control.—
Gerry Spitzer,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Many women left the punitive existence of domestic servitude and escaped to the booming city by the sea.—
Claire Hoffman,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2025
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The people are crying out for relief from medical servitude and the Trump administration keeps doubling down on the oppression.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement The attacks represent one of Trump’s most pointed efforts yet to undermine the political independence of an institution historically insulated from White House influence to ensure stable economic stewardship.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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The team hopes that the discovery showing the ancient human connection to great bustards spurs more conservation efforts to keep this population from going extinct.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Given recent rumors that those in bondage intended to rebel, the delegation accepted his explanation, withdrew and convinced the waiting crowd outside to disperse.—
Andrew Lawler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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For those freed from bondage, the end of the Civil War was a time of great hope and promise as well as profound disappointment and loss.—
Barbara Spindel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Mar. 2025
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Fides’s tech spares us humans the drudgery of tracking deadlines, sourcing regulatory data, and creating legal documents.—
Moya Johnson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Excel, a program that does complex math on a human’s behalf, is often associated, rightly, with corporate drudgery.—
Natalie Proulx,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Billy is often seen bobbing, pacing and swaying — all signs of brain damage caused by years of captivity, the organization said.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The hostages have been in the captivity of militants in Gaza for more than 18 months.—
Natan Odenheimer,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Original Price: $25.99 Sale Price: $23.59 (10% off) Buy Now on Amazon Witches Brew Cauldron Stoneware Mug Double, double toil and trouble… or just coffee?—
Maria Correa,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
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In a nation that has built its economic and cultural infrastructure on the toil of Black women, the act of resting—of lying down, of breathing deeply, of existing outside of labor—is nothing short of radical.—
Ashlee Marie Preston,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The all-electric Lexus RZ has a faux manual transmission for shifting gears and a yoke instead of a steering wheel.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2025
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But Knox, who was wrongly imprisoned during her 2007 study abroad semester in Perugia, Italy, twice convicted, and ultimately exonerated for the murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher, may never climb out from under the yoke of public opinion.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavery. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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