workhorses
- plural of workhorse.
Example Sentences
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With 16 Academy Award nominations for cinematography, he’s two away from tying the record shared by Leon Shamroy and Charles Lang, two workhorses of the classic studio era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
You could, of course, build this blend from individual jars — thyme, oregano, paprika, cayenne — but these pantry workhorses are weeknight shortcuts to complexity.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026
Guggenheim thinks that GLP1s will remain the workhorses in obesity for the foreseeable future.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
Where the Southern California land meets the Pacific waters, the beaches are the glamour-pusses, but it’s the ports that are the workhorses that bring in the heavyweight bucks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
It looked tired and dragged out like those big workhorses do, but it had a teeny-tiny body with a big sag where most horses have a straight back.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
