jobbers

plural of jobber

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Noun
  • The figure in Nepal is even higher — 20% — which observers say has pushed young people to leave the country in droves to find jobs in neighboring India as well as in other regions such as the Middle East, where they’re often employed as laborers.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The three of them crammed into a single room in a small blue house full of Spanish-speaking laborers.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Funds are added to electronic benefit transfer cards, which can be used at participating grocery stores and select online retailers.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Narcyss counts roughly 100 points of sale globally, with a strong focus on top-tier retailers such as Nordiska Kompaniet.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Affirm, PayPal, Afterpay—everyone is targeting the same merchants and users.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Among his assistants was a young Karl Lagerfeld, who stayed for three years before leaving to lead Jean Patou in 1958.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Google Maps, drone deliveries, Alexas, and AI personal assistants are reengineering our relationships with one another and to the wider landscape.
    Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The lack of clarity is compounded by the fact that many of Turning Point’s largest vendors are limited liability companies registered in states that do not mandate public ownership disclosure.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Expect family-friendly activities, including a retro photo booth, local food vendors, a giant birthday cake, kids activities and live music from Peninsula rock band Effie Zilch.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Like his Washington, Bargatze’s Farnsworth regaled a trio of underlings (SNL cast members Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and James Austin Johnson) with ridiculous yet accurate predictions for the future, in this case of TV.
    Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Although the underlings complained about my methods, the cartel leaders, like Pedro and his boss, El Viejo, a key deputy of Pablo Escobar, were on my side.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Companies like Shopify and Etsy have provided guidance to help their sellers navigate this new policy.
    Rhett Buttle, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, the market has slowed down since the beginning of the year, with inventory piling up and giving buyers an opportunity to negotiate prices down with sellers.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The adult beetles emerge in late spring to early summer, but the larvae, or grubs, also are responsible for chewing on turf grass roots in mid to late summer.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Jobbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobbers. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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