WORKS (AT) Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

works (at)

verb

present tense third-person singular of work (at)

as in pulls off

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Anchored by a surprisingly poignant motion-capture performance from Josh Brolin, the film, for the most part, pulls off the tricky balance of delivering sensational sequences and a catharsis that grounds the unimaginable stakes.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
If there was a silver lining, at least Britain’s trigger-pulls off the start line were an improvement on their woeful Saturday starts.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026

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China sends military planes, as well as Coast Guard ships and other vessels towards Taiwan on a daily basis and carries out large-scale military exercises from time to time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
The superintendent heads up the California Department of Education, carries out policies set by the state Board of Education and is an ex-officio member of the state’s higher education governing boards.

— Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 June 2026

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The train winds up Michigan’s west coast, offering brief but sweeping views of Lake Michigan and bisecting lush, Midwestern farmland dotted with trees resplendent in their autumn wardrobes.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
In any event, there’s difficult-to-imitate value in how Planet of the Apes begins as a simple adventure film and winds up touching upon issues of prejudice, social inequality, and nuclear annihilation.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

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But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Dillon wanders through his shelves, scrutinizing works by Walter Benjamin, Joan Didion, or James Baldwin and seeing, at a granular level, how writing achieves such profound effects.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

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But in following his friend and fellow war journalist, the titular Osama Al-Ashi, over a single year from the birth of his son in mid-2024 to his first birthday, Hassouna accomplishes something not many filmmakers set out to.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
If grilling, closing the grill for the final minutes accomplishes the same result.

— Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026

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