labor
noun
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
has labored
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present perfectof labor (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has labored in the fields every summer and on weekends during the school year since he was 11 years old to help his mother, who also picks berries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Stafford consistently has labored behind an inconsistent offensive line, yet he never complains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
This season, Virginia Tech has labored in stretches from behind the arc without Cattoor.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023
“He has labored offensively, I think in large part because of how people have defended him,” Self said of Agbaji after the game on Sunday.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
In this case, indeed, a difficult task demanding all our efforts, for among the revolutionists of the present generation not one has labored more fervently in the common cause of the Revolution.
From God and the State by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin
