work in
verb
worked in; working in; works in
1
: to insert or cause to penetrate by repeated or continued effort
2
: to interpose or insinuate gradually or unobtrusively
worked in a few topical jokes
Examples of work in in a Sentence
I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup.
managed to work in several references to baseball in his paper on the merits of teamwork
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Each singer has his own style that works in its simplicity.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Some social benefit incentives don’t work in the right direction.
—Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Nicholson is already an Emmy winner for her work in Mare of Easttown in 2021 and could add two trophies to her shelf this year as she is also nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Paradise in addition to her Hacks nod.
—Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Fairbanks writes of those happy times helping her grandmother do the laundry by hand, working in the garden and listening to family lore, including her grandmother’s time at an Indian boarding school where her culture was forbidden.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Some social benefit incentives don’t work in the right direction.
—Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Nicholson is already an Emmy winner for her work in Mare of Easttown in 2021 and could add two trophies to her shelf this year as she is also nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Paradise in addition to her Hacks nod.
—Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Fairbanks writes of those happy times helping her grandmother do the laundry by hand, working in the garden and listening to family lore, including her grandmother’s time at an Indian boarding school where her culture was forbidden.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Work in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20in. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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