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“For me that was a profound affirmation for a piece of work that could easily have been very harshly and very negatively judged.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

What a piece of work is man, the paragon of animals, whose triumphs include mobile-phone shopping and same-day delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading has composed a classical piece of work that is a "love letter" to her home city of Birmingham.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

How do you strip that away and be like, I’ve got this piece of work that I want to do here?

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

Fortunately the piece of work he was engaged on was mere routine, the rectification of a long list of figures, not needing close attention.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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