the works
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A week later, Mars made its new pledge, which the company said was already in the works when the investigation was announced.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
Their second feature, “The Ballad of the Phoenix,” a medieval fantasy, is already in the works.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
It added that the works he leaves behind remain "dazzling, alive and eternal".
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
We also discovered—without too much surprise—that he often seems to fundamentally misunderstand the works he treasures most deeply.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Natural Selection...is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as immeasurably superior to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
