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Recent Examples of sweatshop
Initially, many of these factories functioned as little more than exploitative sweatshops in which desperate young women sewed clothes for as little as five cents an hour (roughly $1 in 2025 dollars).
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Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Ramchandani’s directorial debut City of Dreams tells the story of a young boy from Mexico trafficked across the border and sold to a sweatshop in downtown Los Angeles.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
The brand-university licensing relationship was an important lever to pull because of the role student activism plays in battling sweatshops, which is why WRC didn’t contact Outerstuff and non-collegiate buyers during the two factories’ remediation process.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
During the 1990s and 2000s, for example, protests on college campuses over Nike’s use of sweatshop labor forced the company to raise the minimum age for hiring new workers at shoe factories to 18 and allow human rights groups to inspect factory conditions in Asia.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Ramchandani’s directorial debut City of Dreams tells the story of a young boy from Mexico trafficked across the border and sold to a sweatshop in downtown Los Angeles.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
The brand-university licensing relationship was an important lever to pull because of the role student activism plays in battling sweatshops, which is why WRC didn’t contact Outerstuff and non-collegiate buyers during the two factories’ remediation process.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
During the 1990s and 2000s, for example, protests on college campuses over Nike’s use of sweatshop labor forced the company to raise the minimum age for hiring new workers at shoe factories to 18 and allow human rights groups to inspect factory conditions in Asia.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweatshop
Noun
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That's because the automakers are paying for tariffs and passing it on to dealers, who now pay more to buy cars from the factory.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
14 July 2025
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To produce its weapons, Anduril is planning to open a sprawling factory near Columbus, Ohio.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Eventually, hard candies were made from the plant and carried in many apothecaries and general stores.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
11 July 2025
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The new approach is designed to improve cognitive performance and combat monotony. Plant Cell Division — Expedition 73 commander Takuya Onishi used a centrifuge and a strain of cultured tobacco cells to study how varying levels of gravity affect plant formation.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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The mills also reported lower backlogs, decreased production and a contraction in new export orders in June.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 July 2025
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When the first railroad line came to Charlotte in the 1850s, the area around South Boulevard thrived with textile mills and manufacturing.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2025
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In a June 16 letter penned by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, the Human Rights Council outlines more than a dozen reports, as well as studies, regional workshops, and panels mandated by the Council, which could not be completed due to inadequate resourcing.—
Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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Inside the cafés, the brand hosts events ranging from coding classes to financial literacy workshops, which Windbeck said has helped build Capital One’s brand image as more than a credit-card company.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
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“Sweatshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweatshop. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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