workpeople

Example Sentences

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Droning the same long story at her about faceless workpeople is very different from brisk storytelling about colleagues she knows.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2023

I worked in Mexico for almost a decade, and … one of the things that happened was I’d gotten to know a lot of local workpeople who assisted with excavations, many from low-income rural communities.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2013

Jammed and squashed into nine large halls, some 30,000 workpeople heard the Prime Minister's husky voice, mostly from the lipless mouths of loud speakers.

From Time Magazine Archive

A year ago 9.9% of Great Britain's registered workpeople were unemployed; but the figure crept up to 11.8 last November, and to 12.2 as a bleak New Year came.

From Time Magazine Archive

In some branches of industry many new improvements remain unused because the workpeople are too ignorant to work them properly.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John