1
as in enslavement
the state of being an enslaved person
a child born into slavery
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2
as in labor
very hard or unpleasant work
endured the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life
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Recent Examples of slavery
Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, also had faced backlash for getting married in 2012 on a Southern plantation with a history of slavery.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
How did an uninhabited outpost become home to a culture shaped by shipwrecks, slavery, migration, and resistance?
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
The administration even directed the National Park Service to scrub references to Harriet Tubman and slavery from the Underground Railroad site in Maryland, a move that was quickly reversed after much public backlash
For some Americans, this kind of government assault on education is not new.
—Karida L. Brown, Essence, 21 May 2025
The five bills collectively known as The Compromise of 1850 were signed into law by US President Millard Fillmore in an effort to continue the union of the states in the face of growing divisions over the South’s push for the expansion of slavery.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 19 May 2025
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
How did an uninhabited outpost become home to a culture shaped by shipwrecks, slavery, migration, and resistance?
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
The administration even directed the National Park Service to scrub references to Harriet Tubman and slavery from the Underground Railroad site in Maryland, a move that was quickly reversed after much public backlash
For some Americans, this kind of government assault on education is not new.
—Karida L. Brown, Essence, 21 May 2025
The five bills collectively known as The Compromise of 1850 were signed into law by US President Millard Fillmore in an effort to continue the union of the states in the face of growing divisions over the South’s push for the expansion of slavery.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavery
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Counties with more than 4% unemployment (labor surplus zones) account for approximately 3.5 million unemployed workers, while counties with less than 4% unemployment (labor shortage zones) need about 1.7 million workers to reach the 4% full-employment benchmark.—
Ariel Diaz,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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To opponents of the bills, including dozens of environmental and labor groups, the effort misplaces the source of building woes and instead would restrict one of the few ways community groups can shape development.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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In the first game, the main character arrives at a space station looking for a fresh start and a definitive way out of servitude.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
7 June 2025
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His portraits in crisp suits, eyes steady and composed, challenged a dominant narrative that equated Blackness with labor and servitude.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
4 June 2025
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Those short-term staff make up the highest proportion of FEMA employees, about 40%, and are a pillar of the agency's on-the-ground response efforts.—
Leah Douglas,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Some of the photos and video images showed children 11 and younger in bondage and having sado-masochistic acts inflicted on them, according to a news release Thursday by U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson’s office.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2025
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Gorsuch calls out 'bondage' in children’s LGBTQ storybook 3.—
FOXNews.com,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the run-up to Friday's premiere, the Apple TV+ marketing team recreated Severance's drab-chic cubicles inside a glass box in the iconic station's Vanderbilt Hall, a place whose grandness belies the drudgery plaguing so many of the commuters crossing through it.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
15 Jan. 2025
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The bar where everyone knows his name is his refuge from the day-to-day drudgery of his job as an accountant.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The war erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, when the Hamas terrorist group staged a widespread ambush in Israel, killing 1,200 people, including children, and taking 251 hostages, with about 20 still held in captivity.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
8 June 2025
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More recently, a 75-year-old man was killed by a cassowary at an exotic animal breeding farm in Florida, where the bird was being kept in captivity.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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There’s also mental health counseling to help the students deal with the emotional toil that homelessness takes.—
Debbie Daniel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
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His instincts were forged during the Cultural Revolution, in the 1960s and 1970s, when his family fell from grace and he was sent to toil in rural Shaanxi.—
Zongyuan Zoe Liu,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2025
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Adapted from the Danish novels by Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit), the Netflix series is a gripping yarn about the yoke of guilt and the unwavering patience of redemption.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
30 May 2025
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The Lounge is home to three simulators, all of which are built from parts salvaged from real airplanes, from the pilot chairs to yokes.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavery. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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