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 economy showed remarkable strength by overcoming higher inflation, a slowing labor market, fewer rate cuts than originally expected, and a sharp rise in the effective tariff rate," he added.
From Barron's
Sentiment at the Fed seems as mixed as the economy, which shows signs of both surprising strength—though growth comes with inflation risks—and weakness, such as a cooling labor market.
From Barron's
Sentiment at the Fed seems as mixed as the economy, which shows signs of both surprising strength—though growth comes with inflation risks—and weakness, such as a cooling labor market.
From Barron's
Sentiment at the Fed seems as mixed as the economy, which shows signs of both surprising strength—though growth comes with inflation risks—and weakness, such as a cooling labor market.
From Barron's
Sentiment at the Fed seems as mixed as the economy, which shows signs of both surprising strength—though growth comes with inflation risks—and weakness, such as a cooling labor market.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
