child labor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of child labor
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Photographers such as Lewis Hine worked to expose a serious issue hiding in plain sight: child labor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Local human-rights groups have tied excessive microfinance debt to suicides, migration, child labor and decreased food consumption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
It was a reaction to corporate abuses and corrupt governance and horrific things like child labor and environmental destruction.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
From 2017 through 2024, agricultural employers in California were fined $36,000 for child labor violations, but . . .
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
The families of weaver ants engage in child labor, holding their larvae like shuttles to spin out the thread that sews the leaves together for their fungus gardens.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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