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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Halfway through the year, the labor market is flashing a virtue that proved elusive for much of 2025: stability.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026
All I could think was that some lucky corrupt cop, like our neighbor, was going to benefit from my labor, and I’d be broke for the rest of my life.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026
“Those stories are now a little bit more in the background, and there’s been a capacity for the broader labor market to pick up.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026
I, of course, stressed the patriotic nature of my efforts and how all my friends would benefit from my labor.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026
In a frenzy, local police rounded up labor leaders and suspected radicals, plus hundreds of workers.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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