field work
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- field worker noun
Example Sentences
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UN staff have been largely unable to carry out field work and UN agencies are having difficulty retrieving aid shipments from Havana's airports.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
To capture that, he explains, relies on "absolutely top class field work", patiently watching and getting shots in "an observational, non-invasive way."
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025
In an October hearing, Diane Rafferty of the auditing firm Alvarez & Marsal, told the court that preliminary field work uncovered “inconsistencies in services offered due to a lack of clear standards.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
Predominantly doing field work in French Polynesia, Rummer works in the world's largest shark sanctuary which "provides an ideal environment for studying and protecting shark populations without fishing pressures."
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024
By the time Lafayette began his field work in Selma, he had been arrested during Freedom Rides and sit-ins at least ten times.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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