1
as in enslavement
the state of being an enslaved person
a child born into slavery
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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 discussion of lineage is complicated for many Black Americans because of horrors of slavery.
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H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Advocates say messages referencing slavery sent to Black college students constitute hate crimes.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
Lucius returns to Rome after being forced into slavery to battle not as a ruler but as a gladiator out for revenge and power, seeking to return the glory of Rome to its people.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2024
At the beginning of Gladiator II, he is forced to return to Rome after an army led by the fictional general Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal) invades Numidia, kills Lucius’ wife and son, and sells him into slavery as a gladiator.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Advocates say messages referencing slavery sent to Black college students constitute hate crimes.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
Lucius returns to Rome after being forced into slavery to battle not as a ruler but as a gladiator out for revenge and power, seeking to return the glory of Rome to its people.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2024
At the beginning of Gladiator II, he is forced to return to Rome after an army led by the fictional general Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal) invades Numidia, kills Lucius’ wife and son, and sells him into slavery as a gladiator.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavery
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The two countries approved a new trade deal with Canada, known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), that even some free-market advocates saw as an improvement on its predecessor NAFTA due to its enhanced protections for intellectual property and labor rights.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Cost of materials and labor decreased to $409,169, down from $1,255,315 the previous year, reflecting a reduction in product sales volume.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Black community’s relationship with growing food is colored by exploitive practices, from slavery to sharecropping, tenant farming and peonage, or debt servitude.Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
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Similar constitutional amendments have been adopted in recent years in states including Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont, removing exceptions that allowed slavery or involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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James Blair will work as deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs, after spearheading Trump’s grassroots voter outreach efforts and making frequent media appearances.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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He is expected to issue a flurry of executive orders on immigration shortly after taking office, and has promised a huge mass deportation effort.Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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The contest has been framed by the Moscow-leaning incumbent government as a choice between war and peace, and by the Western-facing opposition as a choice between freedom and bondage.David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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In fact, Kamala Harris’ candidacy is great reminder of the need to see the roots and consequences of human bondage that existed across the Americas.Ana Lucia Araujo / Made by History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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No longer confined to the drudgery of compliance, tax leaders are stepping into more dynamic roles, driving strategic value, spearheading digital transformation, and navigating the ever-expanding maze of regulatory challenges with agility and insight.Brent Gleeson, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Office Space is a 1999 satirical comedy directed by Mike Judge of Beavis and Butt-Head fame, which critiques corporate culture and the drudgery of office life.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday issued a sweeping demand that Israel and Hamas reach a cease-fire agreement and that all hostages be freed from captivity.Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Pete Travis Timmerman, 29, from Urbana, Mo., emerged after months of captivity in an online video, which some mistakenly believed showed Austin Tice, a journalist who went missing in the country over a decade ago.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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Evans watched her mom toil in food service as the lunch lady at her school.Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2024
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You are all set to roll up your sleeves and tackle the work in front of you while Mercury toils in your 2nd House of Earned Income.Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
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And the expectation that Iranians, Lebanese, Palestinians, and Yemenis are going to rise up immediately and throw off the yoke of their brutal oppressors seems more like wishful thinking than informed analysis.Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
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Participants in Passover Seders imagine that they themselves were freed from the pharaoh’s yoke.Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavery. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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