work in

verb

Definition of work innext
1
as in to insert
to put among or between others I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup

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2
as in to infiltrate
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way managed to work in several references to baseball in his paper on the merits of teamwork

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Recent Examples of work in David Ross is an alternate in the Torrance branch of the public defender’s office and also works in Bellflower and Long Beach. — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 About 2,500 people work in the 17-story, 657,000-square-foot building, which state workers moved into this January. — Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Since the engine and motor work in series, this is known as a series hybrid. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026 Later, Boyd worked in Army intelligence in some dangerous places. — Quil Lawrence, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for work in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for work in
  1. insert
  2. infiltrate
  3. introduce
  4. worm
  5. sneak
  6. slip
  7. wind
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  • Days later, Biden took the unusual step of inserting himself into state politics and publicly backed the bill.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The Inlexzo device goes in a small tube that's inserted through the urethra.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of insert
Verb
  • Across the 13-episode first season (critics received three episodes for review), the pair immerse themselves in a newlywed bubble while trying to embrace the chaotic family and friends who orbit them — often infiltrating their private moments.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In addition, Homeland Security was apparently investigating nonprofits and other organizations that help get out the vote, including interrogating the staff and covertly infiltrating their operations, according to court documents.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of infiltrate
Verb
  • Even the afternoon’s custom table runners, made from archival fabric by FIT Menswear students, nodded to the designer’s signature ikat print, first introduced in 1983.
    — Ariel Bielsky, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The first in the ACOTAR series, the romantasy novel introduces us to Feyre Archeron, a human woman who agrees to go live in the fairie realm of Prythian in order to save her family.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of introduce
Verb
  • When watching the finished film, Howe realized their early life experiences wormed their way into the screenplay, too.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Over the next several decades, and countless strangulations, Homer and Bart wormed their way into our hearts.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of worm
Verb
  • There's no way a cat could sneak past the dogs through the doggy door.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • That loss by the Huskies could be what Timber Creek (6-3) needed to sneak into the 6A -1 bracket.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of sneak
Verb
  • John Turturro slipped into Madison Square Park and greeted a man sitting inconspicuously in a black coat and a fedora.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Everything else, so soft and smooth, slips through our grasp.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of slip
Verb
  • With tweezers, the scientists gently pulled the strand of silk from the spider’s spinnerets — the abdominal spigots that fibers emerge from — and reeled it in by winding it around a vial with a spinning motor.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
  • And yet, even as the lawsuit and memo wound their way through the government, the Toronto International Film Festival welcomed Being Heumann as its opening-night film.
    — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of wind

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“Work in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20in. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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