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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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It said the party would work with "councils and school leaders to implement this in a practical and proportionate way, with appropriate exemptions where necessary".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Parents who are unable to hire their babies for this Roth strategy — for example, if their children can’t work — can still invest for their child through a custodial brokerage account.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Sparta’s class of elite warriors were freed from ordinary work, their needs met by slaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The announcement Tuesday is a continuation of that work.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

I turned the oval over in my hands, looking at the work she’d already done, each stitch tiny and regular on the back, but the colors on the front were wild and fluid.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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