workhorse

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Recent Examples of workhorse But Cox said Sunday's crash, involving a workhorse older model of the 737 and an airline with a strong reputation for safety, probably will be determined to have been an anomaly. Kelly Kasulis Cho, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024 What workhorse starting pitchers could handle the altitude in Colorado? Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 19 Dec. 2024 Heritage 9-Inch Square Dish This 9-inch square dish is a total workhorse; use it to make quiche, lasagna, enchiladas, and casseroles, or for baking cinnamon rolls, brownies, and other yummy desserts. Emily Weaver, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024 The compact workhorse also offers everything from needle-nose pliers and a file to scissors and a screwdriver (with multiple bits). Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for workhorse 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorse
Noun
  • The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.
    Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
  • At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Over nine months, these big cats systematically attacked workers’ camps at night, dragging victims—who included African laborers, Indian railway workers and even camp supervisors—into the darkness.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Hopeful men lined up, waiting for construction jobs that would open when laborers inevitably died on the job.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?
    Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
  • In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • The pair co-owns a 3-year-old racehorse, March of Time, that won for the first time at Santa Anita last week.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • This book that tells the compelling story of world famous racehorse, Alydar and his career, the gruesome details of his mysterious death, and the long process of unearthing of the facts and the shameless greed of those around the horse.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • As frustration mounts, a once-fringe idea regains traction: secession.
    Dr. Alex Gold, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The motorized mount features a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that allows for an impressive 10 hours of uninterrupted stargazing.
    Gemma Lavender, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Fire crews were filling sandbags for communities while county workers installed barriers and cleared drainage pipes and basins.
    Marcio Jose Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Related Stories News Flavor Flav Launches Fundraiser for Black Families Displaced by L.A. Wildfires Shire and Sims are just two of the thousands of entertainment workers whose lives have been upended by the Los Angeles wildfires that tore through sections of the L.A. area starting Jan. 7.
    Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • More than 1 million trotters will participate in those races.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The news comes hot on the trotters of social media sensation Moo Deng at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand earlier this year.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Not only does the peon and con man Tom end up refashioning himself as the rich and carefree Dickie, but Highsmith’s novel itself was a retelling of Henry James’s The Ambassadors.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Not afraid but brave, not weak but empowered, not peons but partners.
    Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024

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“Workhorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorse. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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