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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
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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The union’s current contract, approved later that year, left many workers grumbling.
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Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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The now viral video has raised concerns of safety in the neighborhood and left other workers in the area fearful.
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The coveted endorsements came from the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, which represents building workers.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Companies entrenched within a surrounding community may see their dedicated workers as part of an extended family.
—Gerry Spitzer, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The now viral video has raised concerns of safety in the neighborhood and left other workers in the area fearful.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The coveted endorsements came from the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, which represents building workers.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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 23 Apr. 2025.
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worker
noun
work·er
ˈwər-kər 
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: one that works
b
: 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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