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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The Culver City resident hasn’t been able to find work in the two and a half years since he was laid off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
However, if Denver is where you want to be most of the year, I’m not sure this relationship will work in the long term.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
On some issues there is agreement, and the two groups work in coalition.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Finally assuming the role of music director, the conductor opened the orchestra’s season with a passionately played program that included John Adams’s work in memory of 9/11.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
On May 8, after a routine day at work in Moscow, he ducked out to a phone booth and dialed a number he’d been given by his new friends in London.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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