1
as in inserts
to put among or between others
I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup
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as in infiltrates
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 works in
But that only works in the context of us being a relevant and a representative international awards body.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
One group of works in the show is focused on coins.
—Thomas Patier, Artforum, 27 Jan. 2026
Police said that Hounsou was instructed both on how to obtain a temporary protective order and how the eviction process works in the county.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
If anything, ChatGPT-3 has something of the oracular about it; for as mysterious as the writing process of any author may be in all sorts of intangible and ineffable ways, any person who works in words also understands what’s prosaic and gritty (and thus all the more beautiful) about writing.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
The knee-high design works in the same way as the tights, offering compression to improve circulation in a fashionable design that conforms to your shape.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Rather than extracting knowledge from Indigenous communities, the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team works in collaboration with community members.
—Holly J. McDede, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Pasolini works in an atmosphere of calm.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
By day, Ogunrinde works in vision care at Johnson & Johnson.
—Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
One group of works in the show is focused on coins.
—Thomas Patier, Artforum, 27 Jan. 2026
Police said that Hounsou was instructed both on how to obtain a temporary protective order and how the eviction process works in the county.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
If anything, ChatGPT-3 has something of the oracular about it; for as mysterious as the writing process of any author may be in all sorts of intangible and ineffable ways, any person who works in words also understands what’s prosaic and gritty (and thus all the more beautiful) about writing.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
The knee-high design works in the same way as the tights, offering compression to improve circulation in a fashionable design that conforms to your shape.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Rather than extracting knowledge from Indigenous communities, the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team works in collaboration with community members.
—Holly J. McDede, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Pasolini works in an atmosphere of calm.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
By day, Ogunrinde works in vision care at Johnson & Johnson.
—Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for works in
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Detailed this week in the journal ACS Sensors, the team describes a small device made from an array of microneedles that inserts into a dead fish (or fillets) and continuously measures hypoxanthine (HX), a key compound closely associated with spoilage.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2025
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Amid the melodrama, Trier inserts flashes of comedy.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Nov. 2025
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Tehran stars Niv Sultan as agent Tamar Robinyan, a hacker who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The lakes overlay sand that rapidly infiltrates water, carrying it into the ground or into the district’s 30 storage basins.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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Browsing gets assistant Gemini in Chrome introduces new creative tools as well.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Bridgerton Season 4 finally introduces Benedict Bridgerton’s love interest, Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha), and her backstory is further explored in episode 2.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
29 Jan. 2026
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Guiteau eventually worms his way into an audience, ostensibly seeking an ambassadorship for his dubious contributions to the campaign but, in reality, requesting a path to greatness.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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That pressure sneaks into how candidates speak, frame their stories and answer even routine questions.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Romance sneaks into your schedule, making things feel disruptive and unexpected, Virgo.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
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That tune slips several spaces, pushed downward by new releases from Harry Styles, Rob Zombie, and Def Leppard, among others.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Knausgaard slips easily into this way of looking at life.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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