works (at)

verb

present tense third-person singular of work (at)
as in pulls off

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  1. pulls off
  2. carries out
  3. carries off
  4. winds up
  5. brings off
  6. brings about
  7. achieves
  8. accomplishes
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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
Definition of pulls off
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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
Definition of carries out
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  • These are fed through a hopper into the reactor vessel to produce a self-regulating fission reaction and are cooled by helium gas that carries off the heat to a heat exchanger to generate steam for electrical generators.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Definition of carries off
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  • Let’s talk about the final scene of episode six, in which Robbie, against all odds, winds up in Tom’s arms.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Coach Chilton’s last Friday is here, and as practice winds up for the first week, Ted shows the team to their brand new locker rooms.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of winds up
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  • But McGuire also brings off-the-books experience that should serve her well at Cascale, whose 300-plus members largely hail from the apparel, footwear and textiles sectors, including brands, retailers, manufacturers, NGOs and academic institutions.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 12 June 2026
Definition of brings off
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  • Blending horror with comedy, the Apple TV show takes place in a fictitious New England island town afflicted by a centuries-old curse that brings about supernatural evils.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
  • The organization’s blood supply had fallen by several thousand units in just one week, leading many to worry about the summer season, which typically brings about an increase in trauma injuries, according to the press release.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of brings about
Verb
  • In testing, the electrolyzer achieves industrially relevant reaction rates.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Unfortunately, the simplicity this achieves within that vendor’s own ecosystem has also produced incompatible cross-vendor comparisons (see the graphic below as an example).
    — Jason Andersen, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of achieves
Verb
  • Donating, as many do, to check a box or as a reputation-building exercise accomplishes very little.
    — James Chen, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Such a commission would become another bureaucracy that accomplishes little beyond self-sustenance.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplishes
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