sweatshop
noun
sweat·shop
ˈswet-ˌshäp 
: a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions
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Drakeford impresses the importance of noticing these connections from innovative design creations to the brutality of sweatshops.
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Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025
In 2003, Combs faced allegations of using a Honduran factory that operated under sweatshop conditions, but those claims were later cleared by the Honduran government.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
Nike has prided itself on the story of its reinvention since the 1990s sweatshop scandal.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 25 Apr. 2025
The result will be an increase in preying on immigrants by the criminal element: robbery, protection scams, sweatshop labor and human trafficking, as the immigrant community withdraws from reliance on no-longer-safe court systems.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
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Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025
In 2003, Combs faced allegations of using a Honduran factory that operated under sweatshop conditions, but those claims were later cleared by the Honduran government.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
Nike has prided itself on the story of its reinvention since the 1990s sweatshop scandal.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 25 Apr. 2025
The result will be an increase in preying on immigrants by the criminal element: robbery, protection scams, sweatshop labor and human trafficking, as the immigrant community withdraws from reliance on no-longer-safe court systems.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
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“Sweatshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweatshop. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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sweatshop
noun
sweat·shop
-ˌshäp
: a shop or factory in which employees work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions
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