laborer

Example Sentences

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The government’s explanations for the arrests, wrote Judge Jennifer Thurston in Fresno, “rely on unsupported assumptions, hunches and generalizations about the relationship between a person’s apparent status as a day laborer and their immigration status.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

This laborer wants to know what you mean by labor becoming tokenized.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

A mechanics lien, also referred to as a contractor’s lien, is usually filed by an unpaid contractor, laborer or supplier, as a hold against the property.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

The glamour of Wall Street had replaced the dignity of the skilled laborer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The third of five children, she was born to a mother who was a cook and to a laborer father whom, though the parents had married, she didn’t meet until she was ten.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times