1
as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables
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as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers
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Recent Examples of worker
While the restaurant workers’ compassion has been praised by many, Mendoza said some have criticized her for helping both demonstrators and authorities.
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Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
The bleak episode follows a lower-middle-class couple, elementary school teacher Amanda (Jones), and construction worker Mike (Chris O’Dowd), whose lives come crashing down when Amanda is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 14 June 2025
State government has made the education and training of skilled aerospace workers an important priority.
—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
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Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
The bleak episode follows a lower-middle-class couple, elementary school teacher Amanda (Jones), and construction worker Mike (Chris O’Dowd), whose lives come crashing down when Amanda is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 14 June 2025
State government has made the education and training of skilled aerospace workers an important priority.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worker
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Those responsible for homeland security should not be chasing laborers on farms and busboys in restaurants in order to meet quotas imposed by the White House.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2025
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At the same time, industrial facilities lured laborers into factories and mills as fewer were needed to work the land.—
Riley Robinson,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 June 2025
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The Winter Park Playhouse employee marched against Trump when he was first elected in 2016.—
Kairi Lowery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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Other employees saw some men looking into the complex from different sides and taking pictures.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following the arrival of Union troops.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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Although they’re never specifically called slaves, there are clues within the tablets that these women are—like Briseis, like Andromache—exactly those kinds of enslaved foreign victims, deported back to Greece, that Homer mentions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worker. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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