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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Rajaprabhakaran is one of the few people who has described the inner workings of RFQ parlays, which have not been widely covered by news publications.
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 19 Nov. 2025
Nobody knows, and, like the tech companies’ own relationship with their models’ inner workings, nobody seems to want to know.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 Nov. 2025
Elder politics provides a convenient way to interpret and analyze the opaque inner workings of the country’s most powerful elite.
—Deng Yuwen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025
Vance is part of a small circle of senior administration officials who Trump turns to for advice on major decisions, according to several sources with knowledge of the inner workings of the West Wing.
—Daniel Bush, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 19 Nov. 2025
Nobody knows, and, like the tech companies’ own relationship with their models’ inner workings, nobody seems to want to know.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 Nov. 2025
Elder politics provides a convenient way to interpret and analyze the opaque inner workings of the country’s most powerful elite.
—Deng Yuwen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025
Vance is part of a small circle of senior administration officials who Trump turns to for advice on major decisions, according to several sources with knowledge of the inner workings of the West Wing.
—Daniel Bush, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 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 29 Nov. 2025.
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