workhorse
Example Sentences
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The product of an upper-middle-class family and a so-so college, nose perennially pressed to the window—and to the grindstone—she is a workhorse.
These workhorse chips represent the vast majority of global production.
From MarketWatch
The hall is at once a luminous public landmark and a workhorse.
From Los Angeles Times
Known as the "workhorse" of the British Army, the MAN Logistic Support Vehicle is used to deliver food, fuel and other supplies to troops.
From BBC
However the rocket is not reusable, unlike SpaceX's Falcon 9 workhorse.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
