WORK (AT) Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

work (at)

verb

Definition of work (at)

as in to carry out

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Verb

The complex houses the police's Special Branch intelligence agency, offices of the Counter Terrorism Department, and houses of counterterrorism officers who have carried out operations against militants across the province in recent years.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Under the Ortega-Murillo regime, the government has carried out a sweeping crackdown on dissent following a violent suppression of protests in 2018.

— Sergio R. Bustos, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of carry out

Verb

Armstrong even sneaked ahead and pulled off a proper jump scare as himself, pointing out a mirror that created a hiding spot for performers.

— Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Like the groves and gardens, houses built foolhardily near the dry summertime river risked being pulled off their foundations and washed away by the winter torrents.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of pull off

Verb

On the next day of the match, Australian wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield was hit on the head and suffered a fractured skull while facing Larwood (to a conventional field) and had to be carried off the field.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
An amateur game in Istanbul was halted earlier in 2026 when a seagull was struck by the ball mid-flight, prompting the home team’s captain to rush over and perform CPR on the bird before it was carried off the field for further care.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of carry off

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Leaders on this path are using AI to increase the capabilities of their marketing teams and expand what talented people can accomplish.

— George Couris, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
However, neither the SEC or Big 12 got an actual ruling from a federal judge, so what was actually accomplished?

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of accomplish

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For measles, populations need vaccination rates of 95 percent or higher to achieve herd immunity—the level of protection required to prevent disease spread.

— Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
Now he is represented by both, an art-world EGOT-level feat that only the late Richard Serra, Jeff Koons and Gerhard Richter achieved at certain points in their careers.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of achieve

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It's also tested to MIL-STD 810H, which means it can be put through environmental peril that the Series 12 might not survive.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Getting put through the wringer on a film set is one of the aspects that keeps her coming back to horror.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of put through

Verb

The Courant asked to interview Santiago and Braswell, but our request was not fulfilled in time for this article.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
The Dangote Refinery has often insisted that its fully operational 700,000 barrels-a-day plant can fulfill this demand.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of fulfill

Verb

Or Dalia’s spontaneous ability to perform the same ritual effectively without the usual cohort of Nasmaranian trustees in the video by reciting a few lines of laughable formal Arabic.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
At scale, those infrastructure inefficiencies can multiply with thousands of agents performing millions of tasks per day.

— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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