worked in

past tense of work in

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of worked in Though Suarez and Mohassib attended to Brooklyn College at the same time and worked in the same area, police don’t believe the two knew each other, police sources said. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026 Escamilla, a former public school teacher with a doctorate in education, had worked in university administration and state education policy. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 Valzonis has worked in local government planning, including positions with the city of Charlotte and the town of Stallings. — Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026 It is served daily upstairs in the mews by chef Delia, who has worked in their kitchen for 28 years. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026 Harvey has worked in the sport for more than three decades, with stops at Bradford City, Leeds and the EFL before becoming a director at Wrexham in 2023. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Simmons has worked in the creator economy for more than a decade at the likes of digital channels business Fullscreen, Meta and Spotify. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 Marc Sagal is a psychologist and performance consultant who has worked in sport, with Liverpool and Olympic athletes, as well as with businesses, including executives at McKinsey & Company, Hewlett Packard and JPMorgan. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Some had worked in the country legally and others had been undocumented. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worked in
Verb
  • Into this empty egg a spindle from another animal is then inserted, the reconstructed egg finishes its process of chromosome halving, and is then fertilized.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Scientists inserted genes associated with Alzheimer’s into mouse genomes, breeding animals that had high levels of amyloid in their brains; the mice then began to struggle with spatial navigation.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In recent months, AI agents have infiltrated systems at Hugging Face and other companies.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The police force has been heavily infiltrated by the far-right National Rally party.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • For Van Daalen, the award has also introduced Tapestry to people throughout Lakeville and surrounding communities who may not have known the business existed.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Witnesses and text messages introduced during trial placed Désir at meetings where the plot evolved from a plan to capture Moïse to killing him.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Somewhere in New York, Chinese spies snuck in too-thick ballot paper.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Boise State snuck into the final spot of the rankings with an overall record of 7-1 and an unblemished 4-0 record in Pac-12 play.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • An early 1990s recession clobbered Nasdaq, but home prices slipped only modestly, down 1% annually.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The observation comes after the Nasdaq Composite slipped earlier this week, as losses in Nvidia led tech stocks lower.
    — Liz Napolitano,Hugh Leask,Lee Ying Shan,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Russian drones struck six areas in the Dnipropetrovsk region, wounding three people in the city of Dnipro, regional administrator Oleksandr Hanzha said.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Whereas the Leo Dan original is fragile and wounded, Tacvba’s bouncy cover bursts out of the speakers with the shuffle of a ska beat and youthful Beatlesque confidence.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026

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“Worked in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worked%20in. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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