worked

variants or wrought
past tense of work
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as in performed
to produce a desired effect this headache remedy takes half an hour to work

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Recent Examples of worked An army veteran who worked as a technician on the manned Apollo 7 mission in Spain, John retired in the early 1990s and spent hours listening to Rush Limbaugh every day. Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025 The federal pressure on health systems worked. Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 Local law enforcement reported that the driver, whose real name is Leetwain Darrell Tate, worked for Sugar Creek Charter School. Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025 Still, instead of panicking, her friends worked together to create the right environment for Price. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for worked
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worked
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • Her case has not been solved, though a tape unearthed in 2004 provided some possible assailants, and nothing involving Gein, who was cleared of any connection later in 1957.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In 2023, the baby daddy mystery was seemingly solved by Gilmore Girls costume supervisor Valeria Campbell.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Now two people who once served at Defending Education have been named to posts in the Education Department, and leaders from Moms for Liberty have joined McMahon for roundtables and other official events.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Bruno was with the Wild for two stints as a player and then served in roles on the coaching staff, in player development and in the front office as assistant GM.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Scottish powerhouse Lewis Capaldi performed on the episode.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The hospital performed a little over 4,000 deliveries in 2024, the most reported by any area hospital to the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center.
    Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the 1970s, experiments by James Gould and collaborators drove a new consensus.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
  • About 10 minutes later, a suspect drove onto the grass near 14 Mile and Van Dyke and struck two pedestrians before fleeing the scene.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For this story, Fortune used generative AI to help with an initial draft.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Photos used in this column were made possible by the Barry Bingham Jr.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Both teams are currently ranked in the top 10, and as is well-documented, Franklin has struggled in such games.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The food bank has struggled to keep up with demand following the cuts and a decrease in private donations.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In March, Google addressed CVE-2025-2783, a sandbox escape bug exploited in espionage attacks against Russian organizations.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Roseman’s answer at the time sidestepped a question about a post-Darius Slay drop-off at CB2 that has since been exploited at times this season, but Mitchell and DeJean’s play has also justified Roseman’s confidence in them.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Worked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worked. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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