- plural of working.
workings
Example Sentences
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The records on NextRequest once offered a vital window into the inner workings of the historically opaque Police Department, Shapiro said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
With its jokes about the inner workings of Hollywood agents at CAA and the trappings of fame and fortune, “Gail Daughtry” could easily feel like inside baseball.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
There was concern in that group that its inner workings should be hidden from the public because, as the executive order put it, certain proposed solutions “will be ineffective if commonly known.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Those recordings offer rare access into the inner workings of a fraud and the psychological tactics of a master of deception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Without Congress to pass laws and appropriate money, the workings of the federal government would eventually come to a grinding halt.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
