work (on)

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act
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  • Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United States great in space.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Paul Dean, a former acting assistant secretary of State who oversaw arms control and led the U.S. delegation to the New START implementation body, emphasized that the treaty’s enforcement measures also keep the world a safer place.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Work (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20%28on%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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