in the works
Example Sentences
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The U.S. government in December paused the federal leases for five East Coast projects in the works “due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports.”
When I emailed Klapper about my aches and pains, he responded immediately to say he’s written one book on hips, another on knees and a third one is in the works with the following title:
From Los Angeles Times
Jefferson and Berkeley counties have another complex in the works.
From Salon
An industrial park for the robotics industry is in the works, while state investment funds in the area are taking stakes in tech companies, such as one making chips for automobiles.
“This seems to be an overreach, and, in our view, the contractors don’t need to be regulated given contract structure and clearer demand signals self-regulate investments,” analysts from investment bank Jefferies’ wrote in a note to investors last week amid reports that an executive order was in the works.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
