- present participle of work.
working
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However, physical activity done together consistently showed stronger links to positive relationship outcomes than working out separately.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
She started by making simple shapes like a stuffed orange, pear and an eggplant, working her way up to the finalized baby gift: a stuffed whale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
So far, the push seems to be working.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
And here is an interesting argument: if the rest of the world won’t buy what China produces, then the old model of investing more, building more and exporting the surplus simply stops working.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Everything was working out just as I’d planned.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Her father, a retired clothing designer and patternmaker, had introduced her to the inner workings of the garment industry from a young age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Nobel Prize-winning American researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent more than two decades illuminating the workings of the brain to unlock its mysteries.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
What do the inner workings of such a system look like?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
It aims to provide an exclusive insight into the inner workings of the theatre's costume department from the artists who created some of the Royal Exchange's most iconic shows.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Here she could envision a man’s skeleton, his musculature; she could describe the workings of his lymph nodes.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
