professional worker

Example Sentences

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Even in the housing boom year of 2006, while there were about two professional vacancies for every unemployed professional worker, there were more than seven unemployed construction workers for every construction job vacancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2016

Then the captain turned over in his mind that night's good work with the self-satisfied air of an industrious professional worker.

From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Trollope, Anthony

Canning, preserving and baking might be undertaken by one or two of the members of the group, or a professional worker might be engaged to do this work for the ten members.

From The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance by Willison, Marjory MacMurchy, Lady

For instance, the sedentary life of the student or professional worker is abnormal or unnatural, but it need not be unhealthful, if hygienic adaptations are made.

From Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life by Bigelow, Maurice Alpheus

Justine isn't a mere extra pair of hands; she's a trained professional worker.

From The Treasure by Norris, Kathleen Thompson