work at

verb

worked at; working at; works at

: to make an effort to do (something) better

She has been working (harder) at controlling her temper.

Examples of work at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The key is to work at a strenuous pace for four minutes, recover slowly, and repeat. — Jakob Roze, HEALTH, 9 Sep. 2026

Shortly after arriving, Davis met someone at a party whose wife worked at the motion picture academy. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The researcher, who worked at OpenAI before joining Anthropic earlier this year, said that competition between the two companies, as well as with Chinese rivals, make safety trade-offs inevitable. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

Recently, my ex started working at my company as a consultant. — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026

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