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work

[wurk] / wɜrk /








Usage

What are other ways to say work? Work is the general word for exertion of body or mind, and it may apply to exertion that is either easy or hard: fun work; heavy work. Drudgery suggests continuous, dreary, and dispiriting work, especially of a menial or servile kind: the drudgery of household tasks. Labor particularly denotes hard manual work: backbreaking labor; arduous labor. Toil suggests wearying or exhausting labor: toil that breaks down the worker's health.

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Without rising productivity enabling faster economic growth, the math simply won’t work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Perhaps the drastic differences between the aesthetics and the customers of Ford and Browne from Zegna are what will make this work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The leader of Glasgow City Council has said construction work on the Union Corner site destroyed by fire earlier this year might not begin for five or six years.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

And so, the opportunity to work with this guy who held Alternative Tentacles Records and so many — my record collection, so much of it is due to him.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Paul surveys his work and nods to himself.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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