inner workings
plural noun
: the parts (of something) that are only known by the people who work on it
He wanted to experience the inner workings of the political campaign.
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One horror producer familiar with the inner workings of Blumhouse couldn’t agree more, telling THR the film’s failure boiled down to hubris.
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025
As tech developers worked on building ever-more-powerful models, many academics remained fixated on understanding the inner workings of these systems.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2025
The tool offers forecasters the ability to examine the inner workings of active tropical systems and understand their behavior.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 28 June 2025
This lets forecasters see a storm’s inner workings—particularly changes to its eye and eye wall (the circle of clouds that surround the eye and make up the strongest part of the storm).
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 June 2025
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025
As tech developers worked on building ever-more-powerful models, many academics remained fixated on understanding the inner workings of these systems.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2025
The tool offers forecasters the ability to examine the inner workings of active tropical systems and understand their behavior.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 28 June 2025
This lets forecasters see a storm’s inner workings—particularly changes to its eye and eye wall (the circle of clouds that surround the eye and make up the strongest part of the storm).
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for inner workings
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“Inner workings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inner%20workings. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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