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Recent Examples of workingman
As for some of the others, there is only a slight difference between their income and the wages of a workingman.
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Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
At the time, denim was a workingman’s textile that women rarely wore.
—Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
Ryan Gramlich, Dartmouth — Touchdown runs of 1, 9 and 6 yards punctuated a workingman’s performance for the junior, who amassed 79 yards on 17 carries for the Indians in a 25-13 win over Greater New Bedford.
—Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
Braque’s housepainter past has long been part of the Cubist mythos, often leveraged into a kind of workingman street cred, but here it is granted a particular and critical role.
—Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
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Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
At the time, denim was a workingman’s textile that women rarely wore.
—Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
Ryan Gramlich, Dartmouth — Touchdown runs of 1, 9 and 6 yards punctuated a workingman’s performance for the junior, who amassed 79 yards on 17 carries for the Indians in a 25-13 win over Greater New Bedford.
—Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
Braque’s housepainter past has long been part of the Cubist mythos, often leveraged into a kind of workingman street cred, but here it is granted a particular and critical role.
—Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workingman
Noun
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Kurt Jordan said that the town was in danger of losing its workman’s compensation insurance in January 2024 because his wife couldn’t get the payroll records from the fire corporation.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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The workman had no visible signs of trauma that would have killed him.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 June 2025
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The South American liberation leader Simón Bolívar emancipated the slave laborers who worked on his family’s estate—unlike George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
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In Hollywood, officers raided the parking lot of a Home Depot where laborers and food vendors worked.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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Our friends and neighbors are living in terror of ICE raids that leave their families broken without a wage earner and leave children without their parents.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2025
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For wage earners, Social Security and Medicare taxes are called FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) and are taken out of your paycheck.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Workingman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workingman. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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