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work

[wurk] / wɜrk /








Usage

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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And I said, “Norm, I just thought you needed jokes. I’m not trying to force you to work. I don’t even work here.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

He also announced a partial unemployment fund for those who could not work as a result of the riots and looting.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

SpaceX needs to spend tens of billions of dollars to expand its data centers and provide enough resources for both its internal work and its customers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

“I’m grateful for the hard work he’s put in for himself, but also for our family and for me,” Laura says now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

But Joey can’t resist the opportunity to conduct spy work up close and personal.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Erika Cook, 42, lives nearby and works remotely for an insurance company.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

We’re showing them things they really love to build, and that’s why it works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The latest study takes a closer look at how it works, revealing that the compound influences important chemical signals in the brain and kidneys.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

If the ploy works, it’s proof that they were right all along — that cooler heads prevailed and the initial controversy was an overreaction.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

They just don't know how the brain works.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Amanpour did not offer a reason for her departure, devoting most of her memo to thanking the production crews who worked with her over the years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

"From Jeddah, thank God, everything worked out, and we were able to catch a flight to Qassim."

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

After top-edging a pull last week, he was worked over by Pat Cummins' bouncers late on day two.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The entertainment powerhouse says it has worked with more than 6,000 creators this year, a 30% increase from 2025, generating nearly 12 billion social-media impressions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

I wondered if this worked for her or against her.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

On a Discord messaging channel, and in online chat rooms across the internet, AI enthusiasts and professional researchers have been looking everywhere for evidence that AI agents have escaped from their labs and wrought havoc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Alice’s humanity is defined by her total rejection of the manufactured digital world and the havoc its creators wrought.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

He largely espouses esoteric prognostications of how 8 billion human deaths could be wrought by hostile machines, and even though many that admit this outcome is unlikely, it takes up a lot of their attention.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

Among the many changes wrought by the North American Free Trade Agreement was the termination, in 1997, of the U.S. ban on the importation of Mexican avocados.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

A Mexican man loitering against the wrought iron fence pointed across the street to the Lugo House.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

She arrived at CNN in 1983, working as a news desk assistant in Atlanta and then at its New York bureau with the ambition of becoming a foreign correspondent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Musk is a major shareholder and the CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla, which have an extensive working relationship.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Sleep or Die founder Lauren Sudeyko, 32, started the company after working in marketing and sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Amanpour began working for CNN in 1983 as an assistant on the international news desk, and went on to become one of the network's best-known correspondents, often reporting on conflicts and wars.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

I’m glad your business is working out, even though I wish it would just fall apart.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam


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