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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Evidence in the court cases revealed some of the tech companies' inner workings, including communications of employees who likened their products to drugs and casinos. —

ABC News, 26 June 2026 The 17-year-old company filed to go public late Thursday, revealing the inner workings of its business and testing the market for fashion after Elon Musk supercharged Wall Street with the SpaceX IPO. —

Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 June 2026 Representing the company in a suit brought by the Federal Trade Commission showed Davis the inner workings of the music business. —

Dan Hyman, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026 The conversations on the House floor in January 2023 offer a view into the inner workings of and petty feuds in Congress that are seldom seen by the public. —

Zak Hudak, CBS News, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for inner workings

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