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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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Examples of worker in a Sentence
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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Cops responding to the 8:50 a.m. shooting found a note from Leigh, detailing the older woman’s battle with cancer and suspicions that Galloway was abusing her granddaughter — claims child service workers previously determined were unfounded.
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Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
In working on the ceilings, the workers found that the actual ceiling height (where the wooden joists are) is considerably higher.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
That's in part because the UAW contract has provisions that could mean workers get shifted elsewhere.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
In Russia, this migration fills the urgent demand for foreign labor after the country saw a shortage of 4.8 million workers in 2023.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
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Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
In working on the ceilings, the workers found that the actual ceiling height (where the wooden joists are) is considerably higher.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
That's in part because the UAW contract has provisions that could mean workers get shifted elsewhere.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
In Russia, this migration fills the urgent demand for foreign labor after the country saw a shortage of 4.8 million workers in 2023.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for worker
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“Worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker. Accessed 19 Aug. 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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