Examples of work on in a Sentence
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At the same time, the dispatcher works on alerting one of the 17 closest fire stations.
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Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
District 3 Councilwoman Joi Mayo made a motion to ask the economic development committee to work on a procedure for event recruiting and funding so the city has a standardized process moving forward.
—Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
Carrie Solomon is working on the screenplay.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
There are high hopes from those working on the project that Digger can perform similarly well.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
That’s when veteran nurse Christine Brenner, who also works on the kidney transplant program, learned the two were a match.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Most of the men who wrote to Shere were not educated men from big cities, but men working on the line at the Ford plant at Dearborn, Michigan or men employed at strip mall legal firms.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Giordano worked on the interiors, too, which can be configuration to the owner’s wishes.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2026
And so, to reach the company’s goal, Deere’s leaders are working on better vibration sensors.
—Tyler Jett, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
District 3 Councilwoman Joi Mayo made a motion to ask the economic development committee to work on a procedure for event recruiting and funding so the city has a standardized process moving forward.
—Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
Carrie Solomon is working on the screenplay.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
There are high hopes from those working on the project that Digger can perform similarly well.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
That’s when veteran nurse Christine Brenner, who also works on the kidney transplant program, learned the two were a match.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Most of the men who wrote to Shere were not educated men from big cities, but men working on the line at the Ford plant at Dearborn, Michigan or men employed at strip mall legal firms.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Giordano worked on the interiors, too, which can be configuration to the owner’s wishes.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2026
And so, to reach the company’s goal, Deere’s leaders are working on better vibration sensors.
—Tyler Jett, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Work on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20on. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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