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as in warhorse
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Recent Examples of workhorse
This storage workhorse may function well for some families, but modern thinking holds that closet pantries waste floor space.
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Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 June 2026
This rolling island is the workhorse that's been missing, instantly expanding your workspace and streamlining meal prep.
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Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
Presently, most commercial systems use a mixture of C-band (the workhorse) and L-band wavelengths.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Unlike the workhorse Falcon 9, Starship is being designed to be fully reusable, the holy grail of space launch.
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Morgan Brennan,harriet Taylor,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
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Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 June 2026
This rolling island is the workhorse that's been missing, instantly expanding your workspace and streamlining meal prep.
—
Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
Presently, most commercial systems use a mixture of C-band (the workhorse) and L-band wavelengths.
—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Unlike the workhorse Falcon 9, Starship is being designed to be fully reusable, the holy grail of space launch.
—
Morgan Brennan,harriet Taylor,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for workhorse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorse
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Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.
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Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
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He is accused of not checking work authorizations before hiring laborers, according to the Post.
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Israel soon barred nearly two hundred thousand Palestinian laborers from its workforce.
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Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?
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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.
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Since ’18-19, the winger has served valiantly as a bottom-6 high motor, a plugger who refuses to downshift during big moments.
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This tablet rocks up to 13 hours of battery life which is helpful to keep your kids engaged and attentive without constantly being asked where the plugger is.
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Purchasing a racehorse often required hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, along with ongoing training, veterinary, and management expenses.
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Eighteen racehorses were inside the barn when the fire broke out.
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Yet the story of the toiler turned tycoon persisted.
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Carter further complicates things in last week’s episode, when he drunkly tears an animal mount off the wall during Oreana’s grandmother’s big party at the 10-Petal Ranch.
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Cerebras is, however, facing pressure to open more data centers, as are cloud infrastructure providers, while public opposition mounts and permitting processes can drag on.
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And as many companies continue to prioritize in-person workers for promotions, this gap will likely widen even further over time.
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But this year, the union, which covers nine bargaining units and represents nearly 100,000 state workers, is not currently scheduled to receive a raise this summer.
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“Workhorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorse. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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