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electrician

[ih-lek-trish-uhn, ee-lek-] / ɪ lɛkˈtrɪʃ ən, ˌi lɛk- /


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Wearing a black top, Tweed, of Buckhurst Hill, Essex, said he now works as an electrician, adding that his income varies and is "maybe £3,000 a month".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The electrician says he no longer lets his four children leave the house after dark.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

There were four graduates the day I visited, including two who were going to electrician training school and one who was on his way to ODR housing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

For the past five days, lawyers for Robinson, a trainee electrician, raised repeated objections to evidence and testimony on arguments including hearsay and the tainting of potential jurors.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Alf was a jack-of-all-trades, carpenter, tinsmith, blacksmith, electrician, plasterer, scissors grinder, and cobbler.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

“We hear from clients all the time—they don’t have the workers they need. That could be welders, electricians, a lot of those folks are near retirement age,” Dimon said at the event.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Shortages of everything from electricians and plumbers to gas turbines and memory chips have driven up the cost of building new centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Employment of electricians is projected to grow 9 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released two years ago.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

Plumbers, electricians and other tradespeople are sometimes overlooked, but they won’t be replaced by artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch Jun. 20, 2026

In the company of carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and painters at lunch, I would often sit quietly, observant.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez



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