at work

1. Engaged in a job or other activity, as in The contractor is hard at work on the new building , or The little boy was fascinated to see the washing machine at work . [Early 1600s]

2. At one's office or other place of business, as in Is it all right if I telephone you at work ? [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

Among the 75% of employees who say rising costs are a top stressor, half said the stress causes them to feel distracted at work, Fidelity said.

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Others, however, counter that campus recruiting simply reflects market forces at work, and that the recruiting particularly helps students from less affluent families.

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He is still hard at work, on a film made by his son, Eli Steele, who describes the project as an “update” of the elder Mr. Steele’s 2006 book.

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Sometimes it’s noon before we see the Marine Guard outside the Oval Office indicating he’s at work.

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The court was told previously when at work the person had used the men's toilets, because they looked like "any other man."

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Related Words

• absorbed 
• committed 
• employed 
• engrossed 
• interested 
• involved 
• occupied 
• preoccupied 
• working