in harness

ADJECTIVE

employed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

engaged hired occupied

STRONG

busy inked laboring operating selected signed

WEAK

active at it at work in a job in collar in place on board on duty on the job on the payroll plugging away

Antonyms

WEAK

idle inactive unemployed unengaged unoccupied

ADJECTIVE

jobholding

Synonyms

WEAK

active at it at work busy engaged hired in a job in collar in place inked laboring occupied on board on duty on the job on the payroll operating plugging away retained selected signed working

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Kay, played by Nicole Kidman, is newly back in harness as the chief medical officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a job she’d held before being pushed out some unspecified years earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

France-based stars Marcos Kremer and Juan Cruz Mallia, who missed the two Test defeats by England in July, are back in harness, while eight of the starting XV are established Prem performers.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

Bit wear on two of the mares also suggested they were used under saddle or in harness and for breeding.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2024

A writer of immense range and output, capable of 6,000 words a day when in harness, Mr. Johnson modeled his career after earlier English men of letters, like Thomas Babington Macaulay and G.K.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

We woke rather late next morning, had a double breakfast, and then got in harness and prilled our light sledge right off the edge of the world.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

in harness

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