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noun
- The non-reproducing female bees in a colony that gather nectar, build and maintain the hive, and care for the young.
- A group of people who perform the essential, everyday, and often laborious tasks within an organization, typically without holding positions of power.
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Some included it in performance reviews and even put up leaderboards to show which worker bees were using the most tokens, the basic units of AI consumption.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
“Because all the bees are girls, worker bees are girls, I say, ‘Girls, you’re going to be on the news tonight,’” Nicholas said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
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- the engine room
- cogs in the machine
- drones
- boots on the ground
- the grinders
Possible Antonyms
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- the head honchos
- bigwigs
- shot-callers
- the idle
