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labor

[ley-ber] / ˈleɪ bər /






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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. 


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The labor market side of the Fed’s mandate seems increasingly secure, allowing it to focus on inflation, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, higher labor and food expenses continue to pressure margins, leaving operators little room for error.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Diagnostic fees cover time, labor and materials, as well as the expertise required to identify the source of a problem.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

This in turn will have the offsetting effect of increasing how much is sold and thereby raising the demand for labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The presidential election of 1932 sparked a major turning point for American labor unions, bringing pro-labor president Franklin D. Roosevelt into office in 1933, along with a Congress sympathetic to labor.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell




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