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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working (at)
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In June, the Islamic State was suspected of carrying out a deadly suicide bombing at a Greek Orthodox church in Syria, which killed 22 worshipers and injured 63 others.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025 -
Adobe Stock The era of agentic AI is here, or so we are told, bringing super-smart AI assistants capable of carrying out complex tasks on our behalf.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Distilled water was slowly poured in the sand bed, carrying off the brownish tannic acids.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
26 July 2025
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But that didn’t stop them from pulling off a history-making win.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Green Bay Packers rocked the NFL this week, pulling off a blockbuster trade with the Dallas Cowboys for Micah Parsons.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Aug. 2025
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Bianka could be seen winding up and then throwing an impressive pitch down the plate at Dodgers Stadium to be caught by right fielder Mookie Betts, in a video shared on X by a Los Angeles Lakers fan account.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The Biden administration took a more restrictive approach toward the export of American AI, primarily through limits on chip sales that sought to prevent the key hardware from winding up in the hands of foreign adversaries such as China.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
30 July 2025
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Inducing China to exert pressure on Moscow to end the war is one means of bringing about peace in Ukraine.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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But Tricolor’s problems aren’t likely to upend the broader financial services industry the way the subprime mortgage lenders did in 2008, nearly bringing about a new Depression.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Working (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20%28at%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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