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plugging away

ADJECTIVE

employed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

engaged hired occupied

STRONG

busy inked laboring operating selected signed

WEAK

active at it at work in a job in collar in harness in place on board on duty on the job on the payroll

Antonyms

WEAK

idle inactive unemployed unengaged unoccupied

ADJECTIVE

jobholding

Synonyms

WEAK

active at it at work busy engaged hired in a job in collar in harness in place inked laboring occupied on board on duty on the job on the payroll operating retained selected signed working

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"There's gonna be times throughout the years that you fall short, you get back up and dust yourself off and keep plugging away -- Sam's been that steadying force," added Macdonald.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

“So I just kept plugging away with what I was doing, and that’s what carried me here,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Katie Miller is still plugging away at her job as the world’s least-charming podcast host.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026

But there is no doubting her remarkable capacity to keep bouncing back and to keep on plugging away, when others would have been down and out years ago.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

He just kept plugging away at the trees like he always did, making the same music, stopping every time someone came up only long enough to see if they were gonna tell him something.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

plugging away

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