work at

verb

worked at; working at; works at

: to make an effort to do (something) better

She has been working (harder) at controlling her temper.

Examples of work at in a Sentence

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Most Read Reviews Appropriately enough for two musicians working at the cutting edge of this underground, Bowery Electric’s Martha Schwendener and Lawrence Chandler met while working at pre-fab master Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026

The state borrows billions of dollars annually by selling bonds to investors to finance municipal school construction, highway, bridge and rail repairs, construction work at public universities and other capital projects. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

From lawyer to party politics At age 10, Tracy started working at the family business, later named Dot Foods after his mother, Dorothy. — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

Some of them have done well, because a lot of them work at tech companies. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for work at

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