work (at)

verb

Definition of work (at)next
as in to carry out

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  1. carry out
  2. pull off
  3. carry off
  4. achieve
  5. put through
  6. fulfill
  7. perform
Verb
  • Here that same strategy is carried out in the living room by placing the sofa in front of a bookshelf.
    Katharina Schwarze, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Hackers, suspected to be Russian, carried out more than 85,000 cyberattacks on Romanian election infrastructure as well.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of carry out
Verb
  • To pull off the very symbol of Roham, the team sent animators to horse farms to ride and film the animals.
    Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
  • No, the sport’s preeminent underdog couldn’t pull off yet another Fiesta Bowl upset, on the same field that hosted the program’s defining victories.
    Justin Williams, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of pull off
Verb
  • Teen Vogue reports that organizers set up banners on the ground in front of Johnson’s front door and another in the bathroom right across from it, and as they were quickly carried off under arrest, wrists in zip ties.
    Lex McMenamin, Them, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a news release that the incident happened around 4:30 a.m. when three cars were carried off the road by floodwaters from Beaver Creek, a stream that begins in Douglas County and flows southwest through Taney County.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of carry off
Verb
  • Ortiz has the physicality, the temperament, and the ability to achieve a grade beyond that of an average starter.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Even those who do achieve glory are making the switch.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of achieve
Verb
  • Atayde is also keen to give credit to his female co-star, Montes, who was also put through her paces in both the shooting and the preparation.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
  • After being put through the wringer for much of the film's two-hour-plus runtime by the sadistic, supernatural Smile Entity, pop superstar Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is losing her grip on reality.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of put through
Verb
  • Jason Momoa is about to fulfill one of his lifelong comic book dreams.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Dec. 2024
  • This is an issue because as gaming hardware improves in graphical potency, the requirements to fulfill that increase logarithmically.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of fulfill
Verb
  • Six other teams also performed worse at home than on the road, including two home teams this playoff weekend: the Baltimore Ravens (hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night) and the Houston Texans (hosting the Los Angeles Chargers to kick off the playoff slate).
    Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Legendary actor Harrison Ford eats there on his trips to Wichita when his maintenance performed on his plane, per a Wichita Eagle story.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of perform
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“Work (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20%28at%29. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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