gofer

variants or gopher
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Recent Examples of gofer Their brother, Bill, steals the film as an unstable groundskeeper who is tasked with killing an errant gopher. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026 The commissioners have also overseen the heartbreaking and mounting losses of species such as Florida gopher tortoises to development. Joe Murphy, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026 Protect new plants by planting into gopher baskets. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026 Address existing gopher problems through methods such as applying toxic baits. David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gofer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gofer
Noun
  • Bollo, the son of a domestic worker and a line cook, said he’s applied to work as a teaching assistant and graduate researcher, which would waive the cost of his tuition.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • How — and to what extent — AI might reshape her profession remains to be seen, but jobs for administrative assistants and secretaries have been dwindling for decades.
    Claire Savage, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • The burly bureaucrat in dark slacks and a navy sweater has a scruffy beard and the frazzled look of an anonymous factotum thrust into the limelight.
    Joshua Hunt, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2026
  • Having thus proved his usefulness — and that there’s no task too lowly for this factotum to unquestioningly carry out — Henri is duly hired and suddenly his fortunes are on the rise.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.
    Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Workers may be hoping that AI can finally take over their drudge work in the new year—ease their loads and shorten the workweek, or at least make more space for life outside the office.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The restaurant chain gets top marks for such fields as short-order cook and cafeteria attendant.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Lots typically open three to four hours before the event, and attendants direct drivers to the next available spot.
    System Process, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Chris Brown was found liable by a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday for $13 million in the gruesome case of a dog that mauled and disfigured his housekeeper at his home in 2020.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 July 2026
  • Avila alleged in her lawsuit that she and sister Maria Avila were hired in November 2020 as housekeepers at Brown’s home in Tarzana.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

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“Gofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gofer. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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