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Recent Examples of workingman
At the time, denim was a workingman’s textile that women rarely wore.
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Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
Ryan Gramlich, Dartmouth — Touchdown runs of 1, 9 and 6 yards punctuated a workingman’s performance for the junior, who amassed 79 yards on 17 carries for the Indians in a 25-13 win over Greater New Bedford.
—Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
Braque’s housepainter past has long been part of the Cubist mythos, often leveraged into a kind of workingman street cred, but here it is granted a particular and critical role.
—Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
Those tweets helped cement Musk's reputation as a brash outsider, a workingman's billionaire, Grygiel said.
—David Klepper, ajc, 27 Apr. 2022
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Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
Ryan Gramlich, Dartmouth — Touchdown runs of 1, 9 and 6 yards punctuated a workingman’s performance for the junior, who amassed 79 yards on 17 carries for the Indians in a 25-13 win over Greater New Bedford.
—Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
Braque’s housepainter past has long been part of the Cubist mythos, often leveraged into a kind of workingman street cred, but here it is granted a particular and critical role.
—Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
Those tweets helped cement Musk's reputation as a brash outsider, a workingman's billionaire, Grygiel said.
—David Klepper, ajc, 27 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workingman
Noun
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The defective grandstand was a last-minute add-on; workmen were still hammering it together as people took their seats.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
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Florals appeared as embroideries and prints on workman jackets and corduroy pants adding an artisanal touch to the look, as seen in this Rue de Tokyo piece.—
Alex Badia,
WWD,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The laborers who make these goods earn as little as $5 an hour, including overtime, for workdays that can last 10 hours or more.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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In Nepal, a U.S.-based nonprofit named the La Isla Network put on hold its work on chronic kidney disease, a deadly condition believed to be linked to heat stress and dehydration that has emerged as a threat to manual laborers in hot countries.—
ByCatherine Offord,
science.org,
5 Feb. 2025
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By August 2022, lower wage earners were averaging 7% yearly pay increases compared to 4.5% for the higher earners, the Atlanta Fed data shows.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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Ladders’ data shows that remote-work opportunities for the highest wage earners have fallen every quarter since Q3 of 2022.—
Brooke Seipel,
Fortune,
4 Dec. 2024
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“Workingman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workingman. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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