knowledge worker

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noun

a person employed to produce or analyse ideas and information

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”

Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

their

there

they're

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Words nearby knowledge worker

knowledgeable, knowledge-based system, knowledge economy, knowledge engineering, Knowledge is power, knowledge worker, Knowles, know like a book, known, know-nothing, Know-Nothings

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Example sentences from the Web for knowledge worker

The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Farrell issued a ticket to an 18-year-old shipyard worker for speeding and an improper exhaust mechanism, according to the TP.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
My trip takes the reverse path, and I begin by assessing the depth of my Shakespeare knowledge in his birthplace.
Biking With the Bard|Kara Cutruzzula|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He expected European capitalism to evolve spontaneously into a market socialism of worker-owned cooperatives.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years|Jedediah Purdy|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She is incapable of responding to kindness and enquiry, even very gentle flirting on the part of a co-worker.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His also was the intellectual point of view, and the intellectual interest in knowledge and its deductions.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
But it seems to me that with adolescence comes the right to knowledge and the right of judgment.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is uninstructive; without the latter, it is deceptive.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
To be so humbled in the knowledge of any living being, was the vultures of Prometheus to the proud heart of Ripperda.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
All that has been given concerning the knowledge of angels relates to what they know through their own natures as created.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor

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