work in
Britishverb
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to insert or become inserted
she worked the patch in carefully
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(tr) to find space for
I'll work this job in during the day
noun
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Insert or introduce, as in As part of their presentation they worked in a request for funding the exhibit . Similarly, work into means “insert or introduce into something else,” as in She worked more flour into the mixture . [Late 1600s]
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Make time for in a schedule, as in The dentist said he would try to work her in this morning . Here, too, work into is sometimes used, as in She had to work two emergency cases into her morning schedule . [Mid-1700s]
Example Sentences
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This is what it’s like to work in one of America’s data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
From the Irish perspective, a certain historical irony is at work in these allegations of antisemitism.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
"You cannot take a model that might work in one part of Scotland and assume it will work everywhere else."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The design combines the robustness needed for difficult, high-speed maneuvers with enough computational efficiency to work in real time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
At five-thirty the next morning, I walk to my new work in the deep, glowing blue of a late-winter dark.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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