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Recent Examples of workhorse
Saucepans are true kitchen workhorses, ready to get to work for your morning oatmeal, instant noodles, steamed rice, even just heating up that jar of grocery store marinara.
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Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 18 Mar. 2025
That shift was not a huge surprise; Relativity Space had stressed that the Terran 1 was a pathfinder for the more powerful Terran R.
The Terran R will feature a reusable first stage, like SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Not capable of being a workhorse, but that wouldn’t be asked of him.
—Paul Dehner Jr., New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Rocket Lab has launched its workhorse Electron rocket for the third time in two weeks.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 18 Mar. 2025
That shift was not a huge surprise; Relativity Space had stressed that the Terran 1 was a pathfinder for the more powerful Terran R.
The Terran R will feature a reusable first stage, like SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Not capable of being a workhorse, but that wouldn’t be asked of him.
—Paul Dehner Jr., New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Rocket Lab has launched its workhorse Electron rocket for the third time in two weeks.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorse
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The National Symphony Orchestra is planning warhorses by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich and world premieres by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center’s composer in residence; Valerie Coleman; and others.—
Javier C. Hernández,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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All three warhorses will be first-ballot Hall of Famers.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The exploitation of enslaved laborers on cane plantations increased supply and decreased production costs.—
Nina Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Institute for Women’s Policy Research, which compiled data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, also reported that in 2023, women comprised 4.3% of workers in construction and extraction occupations, which include construction laborers, carpenters and electricians.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
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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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Whether that brawny youth can bring that sort of unbridled thinking under real-race weights, in real tack, against real, experienced racehorses that have won multiple stakes remains to be seen.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The extraordinary compound has seen centuries of transformation, from Chumash villages to a bustling cattle ranch, a haven for champion racehorses, and even the world’s largest orchid farm.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Mar. 2025
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With only limited time and a ransom demand of 100 billion yen, the pressure mounts as each decision could mean life or death.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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As extreme weather becomes the norm, the uncertainty mounts.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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The president justified the decision by saying the duty fees would spur automakers to build more vehicles in America, and, in the process, create more jobs for the country’s workers.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2025
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Nationwide, 1 in 4 direct care workers are immigrants, according to a policy brief from PHI, an advocacy group for elder care and disability service workers.—
Mercedes Vigon,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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Use a variety of bones like knuckle bones, pig trotters and chicken feet for a better broth.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 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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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 15 Apr. 2025.
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