works (for)

present tense third-person singular of work (for)
as in slaves (for)
to be a servant for worked for a rich and powerful family

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  • Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The local office of the OIJ in Quepos, which serves the central Pacific area of the country and is in the area where Miller Gardner died, told CNN on Friday that it was asked to expand its investigation into the case.
    Djenane Villanueva, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Works (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/works%20%28for%29. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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