- plural of working.
workings
Example Sentences
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There was concern in that group that its inner workings should be hidden from the public because, as the executive order put it, certain proposed solutions “will be ineffective if commonly known.”
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2026
Those recordings offer rare access into the inner workings of a fraud and the psychological tactics of a master of deception.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
The workings of the Iranian leadership without Khamenei, who dominated it for nearly four decades, remain unclear.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
Or is it simply about “trauma and the mysterious workings of the unconscious,” as New York Times critic Beatrice Loayza says?
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
When one of his agents was questioning a seedy local attorney—who, according to an informant, was trying to “strangle” the government’s probe—the attorney betrayed a shocking knowledge of the inner workings of the case.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
