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 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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