- present participle of work.
working
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The payments began while Hines was working to finalize the Genius Act—legislation that would dictate Tether’s ability to operate in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It wasn’t necessary for individuals working in the firm’s international division to be licensed as attorneys in China, the person said, because they were technically international legal consultants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Ko adds that in Guangdong these separate facilities are located close to each other, and used to "working in harmony".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Somehow he has de-dissolved, and we find him working in an Edinburgh pub, looking like an ordinary Englishman, rather than a mechanical man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
“But you knew he was working for us and that he was a fraud, and you never said anything.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Another source with extensive knowledge of the inner workings at Old Trafford describes the current situation as "a mess".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
It quickly developed a high standing among Western peers during the Cold War for its insights into the inner workings and military preparedness of Soviet Russia and its satellites in Eastern Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The actor is starring alongside the Oscar-winning Mikey Madison in "The Social Reckoning," the drama directed and written by Aaron Sorkin that delves into the inner workings of Facebook.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
What do the inner workings of such a system look like?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
For physicists, however, zero and infinity seemed utterly irrelevant to the workings of the universe.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
