workplace

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/ ˈwɜrkˈpleɪs /

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noun

a person's place of employment.

any or all places where people are employed: a bill to set safety standards for the workplace.

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Origin of workplace

First recorded in 1820–30; work + place

Words nearby workplace

work order, workout, work over, workpeople, workpiece, workplace, workprint, Work Projects Administration, work-release, workroom, work rules

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How to use workplace in a sentence

Without human oversight based on agreed principles we risk inviting HAL into our workplaces.
Algorithms Workers Can’t See Are Increasingly Pulling the Management Strings|Tom Barratt|August 28, 2020|Singularity Hub
At the end of the day we are there because of the other people that are there…Think of the workplace as a clubhouse.
The post-COVID office will be very different|Alan Murray|August 26, 2020|Fortune
The state values workplace civility and safety, where public servants do their best work for Alaskans.
Alaska’s Attorney General on Unpaid Leave After Sending Hundreds of “Uncomfortable” Texts to a Young Colleague|by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News|August 25, 2020|ProPublica
Among the 2,100 people who took part in the study, 37% said their workplace culture had improved since the start of the pandemic, compared to 15% who said it had deteriorated.
Company culture is holding up surprisingly well in the pandemic|Cassie Werber|August 18, 2020|Quartz

In unionized workplaces, this is a key role that unions have played effectively across many industries.
Why empowering frontline workers is a key element to a safe reopening|jakemeth|August 18, 2020|Fortune
How did our workplace suddenly become a particularly bloody episode of Game of Thrones?
The Best Columns of 2014|John Avlon, Errol Louis|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace Nikil Saval (Doubleday) Who knew office culture could be so interesting?
The Best Nonfiction Books of 2014|William O’Connor|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His policies made the workplace a Hunger Games arena of its own.
The Hunger Games Economy|Jedediah Purdy|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, she says the sexism she faced was far more of an obstacle than her autism in the workplace.
The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA|Emily Shire|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I had to throw out all of my American conditioning toward the workplace.
The Airbnb of Home-Cooked Meals|Itay Hod|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Does he contribute to his workplace, community, and society at large?
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
You need an MBA to tell you not to turn your workplace into a slum?
Makers|Cory Doctorow
It's not just the home but the workplace and community that sustain our values and shape our future.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
The quest for excellence into the 21st century begins in the schoolroom but must go next to the workplace.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
We must also enable our workers to adapt to the rapidly changing nature of the workplace.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various

British Dictionary definitions for workplace

workplace

/ (ˈwɜːkˌpleɪs) /

noun

a place, such as a factory or office, where people work

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