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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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Several forecasters expect little progress this year as tariff-related price increases work their way from ports to store shelves.

From The Wall Street Journal

“What you get for your money right now and how much of it is just going to interest feels hard,” said Wight, who is 33 and works in marketing for a frozen-foods company.

From The Wall Street Journal

But four decades of grueling work, a bout with prostate cancer and surgery to replace both of his hips with titanium implants have taken their toll.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not least because tensions between the two sides have made it harder for Chinese students who want to study or work there.

From BBC

It raises a question: is something more fundamental going wrong that could plague people across the UK travelling here for work, to see family or for holidays, for years to come?

From BBC