work it

1. Arrange, bring about, as in We'll try to work it so that the board meets tomorrow. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

Example Sentences

“We’ve both been in the public eye for a while and understand that if you’re trying to do meaningful work, it comes with some scrutiny,” says Zuckerberg.

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It provides tools and computers which enable around a third of the internet to work, it offers storage space and database management, it saves firms from having to maintain their own costly set-ups, and it also connects traffic to those platforms.

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But it was not a documentary — the actors rehearsed, did the internal work it takes to get comfortable in front of the camera and transformed themselves into their characters.

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For every instance the tech makes us more efficient and automates work, it does the same for bad actors, equipping them with greater speed and more ways to commit fraud.

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I think some of this is science-fiction writer training, where you look at things people can do with technology and immediately start thinking about how it could be a supervillain so you can work it into a story.

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