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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For now, there seems to be a tentative balance in labor supply and demand, but it is a delicate balance, Barr said.
"For decades, while laboring in the vineyards of the community, he inspired us to keep hope alive in the struggle for liberty and justice for all," the Democrat said.
From BBC
Federal Reserve governor Michael Barr will discuss AI and the labor market at 12:45 p.m.
From MarketWatch
“But, for the most part, many housing markets are stagnating, with labor markets not adding jobs and families not relocating.”
From Barron's
“But, for the most part, many housing markets are stagnating, with labor markets not adding jobs and families not relocating.”
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
