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
Since the end of the Civil War, calls for some form of reparations for slavery have continued unabated.
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Michela Moscufo, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Although Williamson opposed the existence of slavery within the British empire, stories about white slavery helped opponents of abolition.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
But getting rid of birthright citizenship, a principle that can be traced in the U.S. to the end of slavery and the 14th Amendment of 1868, is highly unlikely.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
The practice of slavery continued long after the abolition of the slave trade by France in 1818, with enslavers supported by the state for acts of astonishing, wanton violence.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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Michela Moscufo, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Although Williamson opposed the existence of slavery within the British empire, stories about white slavery helped opponents of abolition.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
But getting rid of birthright citizenship, a principle that can be traced in the U.S. to the end of slavery and the 14th Amendment of 1868, is highly unlikely.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
The practice of slavery continued long after the abolition of the slave trade by France in 1818, with enslavers supported by the state for acts of astonishing, wanton violence.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavery
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That might not be the worst change in labor policy for workers as Trump succeeds Biden, who may have been the most pro-union president in history.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Automation at the plant, which opened during the pandemic five years ago, has resulted in fewer finger injuries, near total lemon usage (up from 40% when done manually), and saved around 10,000 labor hours per day.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 9 Jan. 2025
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And taken alongside the failure of Prop. 6, which would have ended involuntary servitude in prisons, Prop. 36 was taken as a signal that Californians attitudes toward crime are changing.Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
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This is part of a national move to ban involuntary servitude in states whose constitutions still indicate the practice is legal.Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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TikTok mounted a last-ditch effort at the Supreme Court on Friday meant to stop a ban of the app set to take effect within days -- but the platform's arguments may have landed with a thud.Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Protecting those at-risk people from severe effects of respiratory illness and norovirus requires a group effort, said Mohammed Raja, MD, assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2025
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Most people in the free states opposed human bondage, in a general way, but the thin reed of public opinion was no match for the institutional strength of slavery in the South.Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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The divine right of kings, feudalism, human bondage.Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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That was misery, sorrow, drudgery, give me some other adjectives there.Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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Super Cruise will relieve you of the drudgery of long-distance driving and get you there with a lot less stress.Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Learn more about some of the best new discoveries: 4-foot-long predator, kept in captivity for over a decade, discovered as new species In Ethiopia, a 4-foot-long snake known as Broadley’s African house snake was identified as a new species after being kept in captivity for years.Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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The deal, expected to be implemented Sunday, would bring relief to nearly two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and allow for the return of dozens of hostages to Israel held in captivity since Hamas’s initial attack on Oct. 7, 2023.Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
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This, in some ways, underlined Watkins’ toils; scoring but more cautious, less sure of himself.Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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The on-pitch toil from Sean Dyche’s team merited such a response, but now the hard work starts in earnest for all, including TFG.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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An actor’s reputation can sometimes feel like a heavy yoke; in Gladiator II, Denzel tosses it off and has a blast, taking the audience with him.Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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Inspired by Western heritage, its design features a distinctive yoke, a vertical chest pocket, and two lower side-entry flap pockets, providing both style and practicality.Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavery. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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