piece of work
Example Sentences
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“For me that was a profound affirmation for a piece of work that could easily have been very harshly and very negatively judged.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Thus “Young Girl in a Gold-Trimmed Cloak” comes across as, well, a bit of a piece of work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
They looked at 900 examples of tasks given to AI, ranging from analysing data for new insights to checking whether a piece of work satisfies particular rules.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
How do you strip that away and be like, I’ve got this piece of work that I want to do here?
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
"Your father is a piece of work," her mother said.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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