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 technology will have two well-understood offsetting effects on the demand for labor in a given industry.
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
It is possible that it is reducing hiring in a few specific occupations and age groups but even that evidence is weak and the aggregate magnitude of any labor market impact is small to zero.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
She drove us, for a fee, to a tent labor camp on the outskirts of Guadalupe, a small town on the coast.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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