sweatshop

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Recent Examples of sweatshop The film’s titular character is a gifted 9-year-old who works at a sweatshop with her older sister, Palak, toiling for long hours with only one 15-minute break per shift. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025 After an episode is put to bed at 1 a.m. on a Sunday, the cast and staff have one meager day to recuperate before coming to the office at 30 Rockefeller Plaza to do it all over again at a pace that would make a sweatshop owner wince. Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025 The movie, inspired by true events, follows a young boy from Mexico who is trafficked across the border and sold to a sweatshop in downtown Los Angeles. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2024 Like other on- and offline fast-fashion retailers, Boohoo has been trying to move on from a series of sweatshop scandals. Samantha Conti, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sweatshop
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Noun
  • Modular means creating housing — either constituent parts or even entire units — in a factory, then fitting them together on site.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
  • Yet with the old rail factory at Qadam station in disrepair, the know-how to forge, repair, and maintain Ottoman rail is scarce.
    Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Nissan layoffs: Company to slash another 11,000 jobs, close 7 plants Johnson said the museum now has 13 Model T's from 1914 to 1927 model years.
    Jamie L. LaReau, USA Today, 5 June 2025
  • Yank invasive plants in Griffith Park Friends of Griffith Park will host a trail maintenance day from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Nippon Steel intends to invest up to $4 billion in establishing a new steel mill, with the overall agreement projected to generate 70,000 jobs and contribute $14 billion to the U.S. economy within 14 months.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Modern industrial operations are far cleaner than Chicago’s old mills and factories, which dumped toxic waste near low-income communities like the Altgeld Gardens public housing development, which Hazel Johnson resided in, leading to elevated rates of respiratory and cardiac ailments.
    Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Each bottle of perfume is made by hand in their workshop following authentic traditions of French haute perfumerie.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Advocacy organizations that defend immigrant rights such as the Rural & Migrant Ministry and the Finger Lakes Rapid Response Network have held workshops to teach immigrants about their legal rights and to discourage them from spreading panic with unverified reports.
    Ana Ley, New York Times, 30 May 2025

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“Sweatshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweatshop. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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