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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One enraptured newspaperman watched them at work in 1866 and wrote:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"We do a lot of work in analysing the right clubs, coaches, leagues, understanding how complex it is, to find the right destination," Cave added.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Earlier experiments have also suggested that the relationship may work in both directions, with D3 supplementation sometimes reducing D2-derived metabolites.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
I work in healthcare administration and earn $145,000.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Below the northern slopes, Roz was still hard at work in the shallows.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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