in the works

ADJECTIVE

pending

Synonyms

STRONGEST

imminent impending undecided

WEAK

awaiting continuing dependent forthcoming hanging in line in the balance in the offing indeterminate ominous on board on line pendent undetermined unsettled up in the air

Antonyms

STRONGEST

distant later

WEAK

improbable unlikely

NOUN

action

Synonyms

STRONGEST

activity deal force life movement operation plan process reaction response

STRONG

agility alacrity alertness animation ballgame bit business bustle commotion dash energy enterprise flurry functioning game happening hoopla hopper industry liveliness motion occupation power proposition racket rush scene spirit stir stunt turmoil vigor vim vitality vivacity

WEAK

big idea

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idleness inaction inactivity

STRONG

calm calmness dullness harmony indolence laziness lethargy peace quiet repose rest slowness stillness

WEAK

apathy inertia stoppage

Example Sentences

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Plans for a federal law to protect critical infrastructure have been in the works for years but were only presented to parliament in November.

From BBC

Polymarket has been quiet about its view of this trader, whose profit came at the expense of other traders, who didn’t know that the Maduro operation was in the works.

From Slate

But analysts said they wouldn’t be surprised if another deal announcement is already in the works.

From Barron's

The bill would have shifted more of the cost of completing the project — which has been in the works since the 1960s — onto the federal government, relieving the region’s poor, rural communities of a crushing financial burden.

From Salon

Other Beast ventures in the works include a mobile-phone plan called Beast Mobile and Beast Financial, a financial-planning app that sounds a bit like Robinhood.

From The Wall Street Journal

in the works

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