sweatshop
noun
sweat·shop
ˈswet-ˌshäp 
: a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions
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Playing an essential role in the comeuppance of Christie is sweatshop worker Jianhu (Poppy Liu, who has some of the film’s more moving scenes).
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Meanwhile, Miranda has gone viral too, in the bad way, for publishing a piece about a fashion brand since revealed to use sweatshop labor.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
At the same time, Priestly’s magazine gets embroiled in a sweatshop scandal that does a number on their PR.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
And a scandal that sees Runway fooled by (LOL) a fast fashion brand with sweatshop ties as tarnished the mag’s sterling reputation.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Meanwhile, Miranda has gone viral too, in the bad way, for publishing a piece about a fashion brand since revealed to use sweatshop labor.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
At the same time, Priestly’s magazine gets embroiled in a sweatshop scandal that does a number on their PR.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
And a scandal that sees Runway fooled by (LOL) a fast fashion brand with sweatshop ties as tarnished the mag’s sterling reputation.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Sweatshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweatshop. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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sweatshop
noun
sweat·shop
-ˌshäp
: a shop or factory in which employees work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions
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