skilled

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AFSCME’s members include custodians, gardeners, dining hall food service staff, transportation workers and skilled craft workers such as plumbers and electricians.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

But like a skilled fighter, there is art and beauty in the timing of Parillo’s trades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The construction and installation of offshore wind turbines requires the expertise of skilled electrical workers, pipe fitters, welders, pile drivers, iron workers, machinists and carpenters.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Another resident, also speaking anonymously, claimed a drone had been put up as part of a "skilled operation" by those behind the work to catch people spying.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Joyce bragged that the butchers “had a highly skilled trade and were high priced men.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield