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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As a China-focused reporter for the Journal since 2014, he has written widely on subjects spanning elite politics, Communist Party doctrine, human and labor rights, as well as defense and diplomatic affairs.
The labor market, meanwhile, might be less sturdy than the report this past week suggested.
“Could I run it? Yes. Do I see myself doing the labor myself? No.”
Since the 1970s, labor productivity has actually declined sector-wide, according to official government statistics.
From Los Angeles Times
The U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.3%, a sign the fragile labor market is stabilizing.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
