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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The Eastern District of California said the time it spent reviewing her alleged misconduct was a “waste of limited time and judicial resources in a district that has labored under a longstanding caseload crisis.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
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
The I.O.C. for instance has labored to establish equal representation for men and women at its Games.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
But with American coach Jesse Marsch barking orders from the touchline, Leipzig exposed glaring weaknesses in coach Mauricio Pochettino’s team, which despite winning nine of 10 league games has labored and needed late goals.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
These have been attracted in part by the cheerfulness of the room and the chances for reading, and in part by Gardner's influence, who has labored indefatigably in behalf of these poor wretches.
From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Charles Loring Brace
