the works
Example Sentences
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Then last year, they achieved a goal long in the works: direct training for 988 counselors.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
A number of other big transactions are in the works.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Environmental consulting firm Icon, brought in by the landowner, said the council had not provided the legal or technical evidence needed to justify the works.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
“What we’re seeing now is a world that’s actually quite contested,” she said, adding the military plans were in the works well before the Chinese maneuvers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Thenceforth he studied the high arts and enchantments, passing beyond arts of illusion to the works of real magery, learning what he must know to earn his wizard's staff.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
