labor
noun
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
have labored
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present perfectof labor.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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Workers have labored under these unjust policies for nearly a century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Reported in a paper in press at Physical Review Letters, the work would solve a homework problem that some theorists have labored over for decades.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 28, 2024
Few major airlines in the world were hit by the Covid pandemic as hard as Cathay Pacific, the flagship carrier of Hong Kong, or have labored so mightily to recover from it.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2023
Academic studies cited by the FTC, the White House and the Treasury Department have found that as many as 38% of workers have labored under such a clause at some point in their working life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
All around are stores selling gold filigree jewelry and embroidered cloths in buildings where Jewish artisans must have labored centuries ago.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
