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: any of the sexually underdeveloped and usually sterile members of a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites that perform most of the labor and protective duties of the colony
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The company is planning to hire 200 workers.
The average worker earned $1,000 more this year.
If management doesn't make the changes, the workers will go on strike.
They are both hard workers.
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Kristian Burt, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Businesses that employ low-skilled workers have benefited from the surge of immigration that came in the last few years, but now must re-think their business plans.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Small groups of workers at several tech companies have protested how common services such as YouTube and Instagram are denied to Palestinians or operate less effectively for them.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
What To Know The Neom site in the north of the country houses almost 3,000 workers, according to its website.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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worker
noun
work·er
ˈwər-kər 
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: one that works
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: a member of the working class
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: one of the members of a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites that are only partially developed sexually and that perform most of the labor and protective duties of the colony
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