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work

noun as in achievement

verb as in cultivate, form

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Example Sentences

I worked very loyally for him to do everything I could for him.

Both are recovering well after their surgeries and are already back to work.

The NBCU spokesperson said the company would work with each advertiser to decide how the data would be used and managed.

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It works with the full-sized Smart Keyboard and the new Logitech keyboards.

At Fortune, we’ve worked to make business better since our founding 90 years ago.

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If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.

Why, some might be asking, am I being so harsh on their work so soon after they died?

“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.

So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.

To make it work almost everything else about these shows has to seem factual which is why many look like a weird Celebrity Sims.

Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

With him one is at high pressure all the time, and I have gained a good many more ideas from him than I can work up in a hurry.

In fact, except for Ramona's help, it would have been a question whether even Alessandro could have made Baba work in harness.

The sad end of the mission to King M'Bongo has been narrated in the body of this work.

Entrez donc, 'tis the work of one of your compatriots; and here, though a heretic, you may consider yourself on English ground.

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What are other ways to say work?

Work is the general word for exertion of body or mind, and it may apply to exertion that is either easy or hard: fun work; heavy work. Drudgery suggests continuous, dreary, and dispiriting work, especially of a menial or servile kind: the drudgery of household tasks. Labor particularly denotes hard manual work: backbreaking labor; arduous labor. Toil suggests wearying or exhausting labor: toil that breaks down the worker’s health.

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On this page you'll find 427 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to work, such as: effort, endeavor, industry, job, performance, and production.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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