piece of work

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BBC chair Samir Shah thanked the authors for their "important piece of work".

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

What a piece of work is man, the paragon of animals, whose triumphs include mobile-phone shopping and same-day delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Perhaps the former hadn’t imbibed that classic piece of work advice: Dress for the job you want.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 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

“Yer some piece of work, Todd Hewitt,” Mr. Prentiss Jr. says, examining my knife.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness