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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If I’m wrong about this, the avalanche never comes and the labor market holds.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Nick Peluso, the national vice President of the Transportation Communications Union, one of the unions in the labor coalition, said the two sides had moved closer together in negotiations Thursday night.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Households in 2025 report, which showed a stable but softening labor market.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
The threatened walkouts come after the union filed two labor practice complaints with the state’s Public Employment Relations Board.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The bad news is, I can’t get my note to the labor department to tell them.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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