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
Recent Examples on the Web
Some are skeptical about how attaching Weiss’s burgeoning upstart site to the network giant will work in practice.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
The Ukrainian military has been trying to use unmanned armored vehicles to extract casualties, but the medic working in Pokrovsk said that the vehicles attracted a huge amount of Russian fire – even though international law forbids attacks on unarmed and clearly marked medical transports.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
Much of the press coverage emphasized the fact that af Klint had begun painting her nonrepresentational works in 1906, four years before the attempts of Kandinsky, long considered the father of abstract art.
—Alice Gregory, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Screening more than 250 films, including work in VR, IDFA brings together thousands of film professionals from around the world.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Nov. 2025
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
The Ukrainian military has been trying to use unmanned armored vehicles to extract casualties, but the medic working in Pokrovsk said that the vehicles attracted a huge amount of Russian fire – even though international law forbids attacks on unarmed and clearly marked medical transports.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
Much of the press coverage emphasized the fact that af Klint had begun painting her nonrepresentational works in 1906, four years before the attempts of Kandinsky, long considered the father of abstract art.
—Alice Gregory, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Screening more than 250 films, including work in VR, IDFA brings together thousands of film professionals from around the world.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Work in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20in. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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