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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.

Example Sentences

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He views the deal as evidence that export and investment restrictions work and could squeeze other Chinese AI companies, pushing them to do more deals with U.S. partners.

From The Wall Street Journal

Getlink, which runs the Channel Tunnel, said work continued through the night to fix the power issue.

From BBC

"States need institutions that help them work together," he said, warning that the very concept of international cooperation appeared to be evaporating.

From Barron's

Fearing looting and vandalism after Kadhafi's overthrow, the antiquities department removed "all the artefacts until the country re-stabilised", said Fakroun, 63, who has worked at the French archaeological mission to Libya for almost four decades.

From Barron's

The company recently told staff it would discontinue a policy that required employees to work at OpenAI for at least six months before their equity vests.

From The Wall Street Journal