work in
verb
worked in; working in; works in
1
: to insert or cause to penetrate by repeated or continued effort
2
: to interpose or insinuate gradually or unobtrusively
worked in a few topical jokes
Examples of work in in a Sentence
I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup.
managed to work in several references to baseball in his paper on the merits of teamwork
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In his absence, it's expected that Jimmy Garoppolo and Stetson Bennett will split a majority of the first-team reps while 26-year-old Dresser Winn works in with the backups.
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
Bornstein helped build Nordstrom’s website as its vice president of e-commerce in the early 2000s and worked in the C-suite for Sephora and Stitch Fix.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 26 July 2025
And he's done some amazing work in the last few years.
—Luke Chinman, People.com, 25 July 2025
The magnetism that made her performance work in that seems to pulse beneath the premise of her earlier feature debut as a director.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 July 2025
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
Bornstein helped build Nordstrom’s website as its vice president of e-commerce in the early 2000s and worked in the C-suite for Sephora and Stitch Fix.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 26 July 2025
And he's done some amazing work in the last few years.
—Luke Chinman, People.com, 25 July 2025
The magnetism that made her performance work in that seems to pulse beneath the premise of her earlier feature debut as a director.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 July 2025
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“Work in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20in. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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