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Recent Examples of workhorse
Spring for the Ferrari of pasta machines instead, a small but mighty workhorse kitted out in cherry red and silver chrome.
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Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 11 Dec. 2024
As the backbone of American commerce, formaldehyde is a workhorse in major sectors of the economy, preserving bodies in funeral homes, binding particleboards in furniture and serving as a building block in plastic.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Since its experimental debut in a then-futuristic campaign, the banner ad has remained digital advertising’s reliable workhorse, and even today, display advertising (including banner ads) is only bested by search advertising for revenue share, generating $66 billion in 2023.
—Sergii Denysenko, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
There are also major markdowns on everyday workhorses like Keurig’s coffee makers, Crock-Pots, and Carote’s pots and pans.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
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Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 11 Dec. 2024
As the backbone of American commerce, formaldehyde is a workhorse in major sectors of the economy, preserving bodies in funeral homes, binding particleboards in furniture and serving as a building block in plastic.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Since its experimental debut in a then-futuristic campaign, the banner ad has remained digital advertising’s reliable workhorse, and even today, display advertising (including banner ads) is only bested by search advertising for revenue share, generating $66 billion in 2023.
—Sergii Denysenko, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
There are also major markdowns on everyday workhorses like Keurig’s coffee makers, Crock-Pots, and Carote’s pots and pans.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorse
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The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
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Mexican immigration to the United States dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, with undocumented agricultural laborers traveling to work in the Californian fields.Mayolo López Gutiérrez, NPR, 1 Jan. 2025
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Personal cooling devices for laborers take many forms.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
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In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
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The pair co-owns a 3-year-old racehorse, March of Time, that won for the first time at Santa Anita last week.Newsweek, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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This book that tells the compelling story of world famous racehorse, Alydar and his career, the gruesome details of his mysterious death, and the long process of unearthing of the facts and the shameless greed of those around the horse.GrrlScientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Designed to be a serious chef’s kitchen, the space is outfitted with a BlueStar range, Waterworks plumbing fixtures, and plenty of light from In Common With orb pendants, Allied Maker orb flush mounts, and, for more precise culinary efforts, a Jieldé retractable sconce.David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
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In the coming days, SpaceX technicians will lift the ship on top of the Super Heavy booster already emplaced on the launch mount.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
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See more industry resources here for musicians and other entertainment industry workers.Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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In desperate 911 calls, workers describe gunman, deadly shootout at Broward Transit center Whether a dangerous call ends with officers shooting or successfully de-escalating often depends on the responding officer’s disposition, said Philip Sweeting, retired Boca Raton Deputy Chief of Police.Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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More than 1 million trotters will participate in those races.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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The news comes hot on the trotters of social media sensation Moo Deng at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand earlier this year.Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
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Not only does the peon and con man Tom end up refashioning himself as the rich and carefree Dickie, but Highsmith’s novel itself was a retelling of Henry James’s The Ambassadors.Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
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Not afraid but brave, not weak but empowered, not peons but partners.Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
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“Workhorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorse. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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