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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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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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Sometime later, a passing pipeline company worker pulled the vehicle from the ditch.
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Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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A number of people, not just agricultural workers, live on dairies and ranches in the park.
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Every industry relies on seasoned pros to pick up the slack — like the adage that 20 percent of workers do 80 percent of the work.
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Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
The company issued a follow-up notification at 10:41 a.m. that workers responded to a vapor release while performing maintenance on equipment.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
A number of people, not just agricultural workers, live on dairies and ranches in the park.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Every industry relies on seasoned pros to pick up the slack — like the adage that 20 percent of workers do 80 percent of the work.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 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 28 Nov. 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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