sweatshop

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Recent Examples of sweatshop Images of child laborers and sweatshops undoubtedly compel some consumers to buy American. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025 Adding further fuel were the recent supply chain scandals in Italy’s high-end pipeline, which linked marquee brands including Dior, Valentino, Loro Piana, Giorgio Armani and Tod’s, among others, to subcontractors allegedly engaged in sweatshop schemes and labor exploitation. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025 Conducting business with the State Department was now on the same level as purchasing soft pretzels and sweatshop clothing, and this calmed Daria. Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 The sweatshop videos had earlier circulated on Chinese social media platforms, and were amplified by Chinese and Russian state media. Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sweatshop
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Noun
  • Shortages of feedstocks for plastics have forced Asian countries to cut back on production or shut down factories altogether.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
  • In the factory, the machines are collecting real-world data to learn practical tasks, including stocking parts for assembly technicians, performing basic warehousing and logistics operations.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Notably, Bauhinia blakeana is a sterile hybrid, resulting from the cross-pollination of two different plant varieties.
    Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Generous spacing between rows makes for easy harvesting and good airflow between plants.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • Even more effective is the hammer mill, which will pulverize your sensitive documents.
    Mary Norris, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
  • The potential one-mill tax would be used to increase teacher pay, recruit and retain teachers, fund school safety requirements, and expand mental health services at schools in Lake’s public schools.
    James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The gallery would dedicate its third exhibition to Smith, presenting two monumental works by the artist made in the mid-1960s and early ’70s.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Those are real-life examples of recent scams plaguing the publishing industry that target authors’ wallets and original works.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For Pau, the idea to turn to historical footage came from a workshop held by German media artist Hartmut Jahn at the Goethe-Institut Hongkong in late 1989.
    Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • The county will hold a series of public workshops and hearings on the budget throughout May and June before the Board of Supervisors approves a final budget in June.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 2 May 2026

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“Sweatshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweatshop. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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