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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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The achievement gives scientists a new way to examine how the brain and body work together to produce complex actions, including walking and flying.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

She calls her garden a work in progress, and although she has suffered failures along the way, she values the friendships she has made outside her front door.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“The Saudis and others knew that the crisis was on its way, so they started pumping more and putting more out into the market, and so it’s taken a while to work all that off.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

The new issue arose immediately following their work.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Using my HB pencil, I work to sketch out the barbs of the feather, drawing lines from the rachis outward.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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