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View definitions for picket

picket

noun as in post of structure

noun as in person who demonstrates for cause

Strongest match

Strong matches

Weak match

noun as in person acting as guard

verb as in protest against, for cause

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‘Gen Z would rather invest in index funds and travel the world than tie themselves to a 30-year mortgage and a picket fence.’

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It’s enclosed by two barriers—a white picket fence on the interior, and the carnivorous thicket on the exterior.

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Unite claimed a growing number of agency staff were refusing to cross the picket lines of striking bin workers due to "unsustainable workloads" and a bullying workplace culture at the council's refuse department.

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And he warned his members would only leave the picket line if there was a major emergency – such as a mass casualty event.

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The number of workers who remain out on the picket line has dwindled to 28 from the 120 who walked out at the beginning of the strike.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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