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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Among those, reorganization or expansion is more likely than outright job losses, according to the study from Alex Martin Richmond, labor economist at the AI research and deployment company.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
She encourages them to submit complaints about labor violations to the state.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
“We see this as being a potentially critical part of the long-run effects of AI on the labor market, but it is unclear how quickly that will unfold,” said Richmond.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
By staying in the labor force during the decade when children are young, these women build experience, earnings growth and retirement funds that set their families apart financially.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Nobody noticed until it was too late that Josie’s mother was gasping in distress, not just labor pains.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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