inner workings
plural noun
: the parts (of something) that are only known by the people who work on it
He wanted to experience the inner workings of the political campaign.
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His superb 2009 documentary The September Issue pulled back the curtain on the inner workings of Vogue magazine, as orchestrated by the indomitable Anna Wintour.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
With a better sense of the business’s inner workings, leaders and process owners can diagnose problems and take immediate action to fix them.
—Kerry Brown, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
In an article posted on the front of its website, the Post — reporting on its own inner workings — also quoted anonymous sources within the publication as saying that an endorsement of Kamala Harris over Donald Trump had been written but not published.
—Ted Anthony, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Powers has also written novels of greater subtlety, driven by a purist’s fascination with the inner workings of complex systems and instruments: The Gold Bug Variations, Galatea 2.2, Orfeo,Plowing the Dark.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
With a better sense of the business’s inner workings, leaders and process owners can diagnose problems and take immediate action to fix them.
—Kerry Brown, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
In an article posted on the front of its website, the Post — reporting on its own inner workings — also quoted anonymous sources within the publication as saying that an endorsement of Kamala Harris over Donald Trump had been written but not published.
—Ted Anthony, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Powers has also written novels of greater subtlety, driven by a purist’s fascination with the inner workings of complex systems and instruments: The Gold Bug Variations, Galatea 2.2, Orfeo,Plowing the Dark.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Inner workings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inner%20workings. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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