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
The event, which commemorates the end of slavery in 1862, has been a tradition in the city for 18 years.
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Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
But opposition to the expansion of slavery was the unifying principle of the young Republican Party.
—Jeffrey Schmitt, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2025
Until right before the Civil War, the politics of statehood closely tracked the nation's antebellum divide over slavery.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
After slavery was abolished, the British looked around to the colonies, especially in India, for people to replace that labor source.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
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Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
But opposition to the expansion of slavery was the unifying principle of the young Republican Party.
—Jeffrey Schmitt, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2025
Until right before the Civil War, the politics of statehood closely tracked the nation's antebellum divide over slavery.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
After slavery was abolished, the British looked around to the colonies, especially in India, for people to replace that labor source.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavery
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Certainly; no partner should have to shoulder the burden of household labor entirely on their own.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Los Angeles City Attorney’s office spokesman Ivor Pine said Urías was placed on 36 months of summary probation and ordered to complete 30 days of community labor.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Convicted in London for conducting clandestine marriages, Grierson was sentenced to 14 years of penal servitude in the American Colonies.—
Alexandra Cox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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These were the years in which capitalism shed its pitiless light on the absurd British soul, with its deep striations of caste and station, its postcolonial taint, most of all its perverted emotional core, full of love and loathing for its own extremes of domination and servitude.—
Rachel Cusk,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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As Maine continues to see more shark detections in its waters, studies like this will be crucial in ensuring that shark conservation efforts continue while also keeping human safety a priority.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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What’s next? Property management posted a note on some doors that said cleaning efforts would begin March 7, exactly two months after the Eaton fire ignited.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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This economic bondage, called sharecropping, was a system by which tenant farmers rented land from large landowners.—
David Cason,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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Leigh Bowery, the fashion icon and transgressive performance artist, designed several costumes (assless slacks; sparkly bondage suits) for Atlas’s video pieces and often appeared on-screen as a kind of spiritual hype man.—
Beatrice Loayza,
ARTnews.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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In that scenario, Elizabeth was a harsh taskmaster, forcing her younger sibling into a life of drudgery.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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The Voice became many things to me: a place of drudgery and triumph and endless office politics, a writing school, a talent pool, my crucible and passport.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
22 Aug. 2024
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Though he was allowed to periodically shower, the captivity was otherwise severe.—
Efrat Lachter,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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There has been indisputable and overwhelming evidence that Hamas systematically steals the aid, and uses it to advance their military goals, including the ongoing captivity of hostages.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Forest’s struggle from set pieces was a major factor in their two years of toil in the top flight.—
Paul Taylor,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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Daisy, and a motley group of co-workers, toil in a cottage industry of agencies that evaluate harmful and offensive pictures and videos uploaded to social media.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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That’s a world in which Democrats might be able to actually pare back the GOP majority to 51 and embolden Republican senators who are already chafing under the MAGA yoke.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
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Were Cuba to throw off the yoke of dictatorship, some Cuban Americans would return to the island — or go there for the first time.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavery. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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