labor
Usage
What are other ways to say labor?
Labor particularly denotes hard manual work: backbreaking labor; arduous labor. Drudgery suggests continuous, dreary, and dispiriting work, especially of a menial or servile kind: the drudgery of household tasks. Toil suggests wearying or exhausting labor: toil that breaks down the worker's health. Work is the general word and may apply to exertion that is either easy or hard: fun work; heavy work.
Example Sentences
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The share of 16- to 19-year-olds with a job fell last summer to 30.4%, from as high as 49.1% in 1978, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
County Federation of Labor, the L.A. police officers union, the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
The labor market added 172,000 jobs in May, according to the Labor Department, blowing past the 80,000 jobs that analysts polled by The Wall Street Journal had projected.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the consumer price index for May.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The elementary schools and junior highs wouldn’t open until the day after Labor Day, like always.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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