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as in did
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
this new drug can really work wonders
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as in solved
to find an answer for through reasoning
finally figured out how to work the math problem
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as in served
to have a certain purpose
the human kidneys work as a filtering system for the blood
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as in drove
to set or keep in motion
this pump is worked by hand
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as in struggled
to devote serious and sustained effort
the organization has worked for years to raise people's awareness of human rights issues
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as in exploited
to take unfair advantage of
a young boy who worked his aunt for all she was worth in toys and candy when she visited once a year
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Recent Examples of worked
This lovely man who was quite a dear friend, having worked together so closely, he was simply gone.
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Rachel Martin, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
One famous instance of the latter was Maria Mayer, a theoretical physicist who won a 1963 Nobel Prize; she’d been blocked from a full-fledged faculty job at Johns Hopkins University in the 1930s because her husband worked there too.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
In London, fiery red sunsets painted the skies—the vibrant, surreal colors caused by the fine ash particles scattering sunlight, a hauntingly picturesque reminder of the destruction wrought by Tambora.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, private individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act has also experienced record enrollment under the Biden White House, which worked with Congress to pay enhanced subsidies for more Americans to afford individual Obamacare coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Rachel Martin, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
One famous instance of the latter was Maria Mayer, a theoretical physicist who won a 1963 Nobel Prize; she’d been blocked from a full-fledged faculty job at Johns Hopkins University in the 1930s because her husband worked there too.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
In London, fiery red sunsets painted the skies—the vibrant, surreal colors caused by the fine ash particles scattering sunlight, a hauntingly picturesque reminder of the destruction wrought by Tambora.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, private individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act has also experienced record enrollment under the Biden White House, which worked with Congress to pay enhanced subsidies for more Americans to afford individual Obamacare coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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The mystery was solved when Concord De La Salle football coach Justin Alumbaugh reached me and apologized that his 2-year-old daughter, Isabel, had gotten ahold of his phone.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Some of the puzzles can be quite complex, while others can be solved easily by trying X-number of combinations in rapid succession — although both means are still true to the character.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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Even though the decline in high school graduates is not projected to begin until after next year, 2024 has already served as an unfortunate forerunner to what might be in store for many colleges and universities.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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His late grandmother was a philanthropist who served as a trustee for the Baltimore Opera Company, on a county tourism board, and with groups such as the American Citizens for Italian Matters, according to an obituary from Loyola University, where her husband had been a trustee.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Google says that its chip performed a computation in under five minutes that would take today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years - that is 1 followed by 25 zeros.Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The London location performed so well F1 Arcade raised money at a $125 million valuation five months later.Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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That’s what really drove me to put it all on paper.Dave Knox, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The small asteroid is named for the Greek mythology character who drove the Sun god Helios' chariot because of the asteroid's close approach to the Sun, according to NASA.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
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The drone was used initially to communicate with the child.Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Creating Employee-Forward Workplaces There have been a number of major changes post-Covid-19 pandemic to how offices are both designed and used.Ryan Masiello, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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And for years, boosters have struggled to offer up a satisfactory answer.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Based in London early in his career, Galliano struggled throughout the Eighties and early Nineties, with a succession of backers.Miles Socha, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Report Notes Staffing Problem The task force found that Thomas Crooks, the gunman in Butler, Pennsylvania, exploited security gaps caused by insufficient staffing and resources.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Guan and his team then decided to write malware that exploited this security flaw to infect roughly 81,000 firewall devices around the world in a three-day period.Sam Sabin, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Pitfall Of Free Professional Resources The popularity of free resources online and through social media has created a culture of perpetual browsing.Shay Levister, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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For people in fashion especially, the mall seems to kick up a particular nostalgia pang—especially around the holidays when so many formative memories were created, and clothing was the indisputable backdrop.Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Worked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worked. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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