How to Use work-around in a Sentence
work-around
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The city is building a work-around.
—Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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Still, there are always work-arounds.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2026
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But those of us who have closely followed this saga know that there are work-arounds.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
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Now, as then, when a direct path to justice is blocked, states need to find a work-around.
—Aziz Huq, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
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Adaptation means that somebody changed a process or found a work-around.
—Mani Padisetti, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
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Underage bettors say there are many work-arounds.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
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Over the past year or so, developers reading through the fine print have found a work-around.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
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Such work-arounds add 15% to 35% to the cost of goods in Syria.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
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The officials behind the plan offered work-arounds, the source said.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
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Whether that work-around survives into the future is unknown.
—Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
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However, a recent class action lawsuit may have found a work-around.
—Kate Snow, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
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Luckily Spaniards came up with the best work-around—and it’s called tortilla vaga.
—Katie Button, Bon Appétit, 12 Sep. 2023
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Still, work-arounds do exist for those who are unable to receive one before the deadline or who choose not to.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 5 May 2025
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People build work-arounds, the work-arounds hold, and the problem settles into the background.
—Paul Evans, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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Developing work-arounds like this, too, costs money.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
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The change is a work-around for a piece of hardware that's become intolerably glitchy.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 4 June 2024
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Danielle had discovered a work-around and wanted to share it with Miranda.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
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Welcome it as an opportunity to practice virtue, find a clever work-around, and grow stronger.
—Hanna Hart, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Another work-around gets added to solve a problem the website wasn’t designed to handle.
—James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
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There are, however, work-arounds for those willing to pay premiums for certain routes.
—Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 23 May 2026
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Simmons called this a work-around for the sheriff to not have to take responsibility for the death.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2026
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Just a quick bus, train or car ride away, expect fans to find a work-around — especially with a playoff series on the line.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
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Instead, the moviemakers found a controversial work-around.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
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So far, his increasingly frustrated partners have found work-arounds.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
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Bruce struggles with basic parrot tasks because of his missing top beak, and this has led him to develop other wily work-arounds.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
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Car Dealership Guy rounded up some of the dealerships' work-arounds.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 8 July 2024
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The project draws on 89 paintings available via WikiArt (a copyright work-around) and pairs them to cities across the globe.
—Air Mail, 6 June 2026
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Teachers had to find work-arounds to help students study for exams and submit final assignments, and some schools pushed back finals.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
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Unfortunately, fans of Chinese running shoes might need to keep using these kinds of work-arounds.
—Scott Douglas, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
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There's no cell signal and no real Wi-Fi to speak of—though guests can request a work-around if truly desperate.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026
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