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as in laborers
a person who does very hard or dull work
a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables
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as in employees
one who works for another for wages or a salary
a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers
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Recent Examples of workers
Some workers complain that receiving calls and messages can interrupt their recordings, and having a phone strapped to their head is uncomfortable.
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Nilesh Christopher Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
The department eventually helped a hundred and sixty-one workers recover on average roughly three thousand dollars in wages each.
—Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Other airports are also asking travelers to support TSA workers.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
Engineers from the company’s cloud unit helped students, retirees, and office workers deploy OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent built by Austrian programmer Peter Steinberger.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Already the percentage of Gen Z workers in the United States has surpassed boomers, on the way to comprising 30% of the labor force by 2030.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2026
Today, the company employs up to 150 workers during the peak summer months.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Only 30 to 35 workers, many of whom have been brought in from other Vail slopes, are now on the mountain, compared to the more than 100 that usually operate in the area, the Park City Professional Ski Patrollers Association said.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
Someone left the two puppies in front of the shelter’s door while workers were on a lunch break, according to social media posts.
—Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Nilesh Christopher Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
The department eventually helped a hundred and sixty-one workers recover on average roughly three thousand dollars in wages each.
—Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Other airports are also asking travelers to support TSA workers.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
Engineers from the company’s cloud unit helped students, retirees, and office workers deploy OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent built by Austrian programmer Peter Steinberger.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Already the percentage of Gen Z workers in the United States has surpassed boomers, on the way to comprising 30% of the labor force by 2030.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2026
Today, the company employs up to 150 workers during the peak summer months.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Only 30 to 35 workers, many of whom have been brought in from other Vail slopes, are now on the mountain, compared to the more than 100 that usually operate in the area, the Park City Professional Ski Patrollers Association said.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
Someone left the two puppies in front of the shelter’s door while workers were on a lunch break, according to social media posts.
—Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workers
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Those experiences shaped his later activism and commitment to improving working conditions for agricultural laborers, many of whom were immigrants and people of color with few legal protections.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Many laborers are still exhausted and underpaid.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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The two agents, identified as John Doe 1 and John Doe 2 in the lawsuit, are part of a broader group of employees who claim they were fired over the past year over their role in the election investigation known as Arctic Frost.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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Even higher-profile employees-turned-critics were ex-Defense Secretary James Mattis and former White House chief of staff John Kelly.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Workers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workers. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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