To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.
1 Some days later Adele arrived home from work at her usual time.
2 We need to work at this critical issue from every conceivable direction.
3 He asked if he could work at home one day each week.
4 Energy isn't the only thing people need to work at their best.
5 All five workers have current work visas to work at other employers.
6 Those who work at the market are among Katine's more prosperous citizens.
7 I did some good work at home and reaping the benefits now.
8 The Stevensons' poverty forced Coke to go to work at age 10.
9 Normal helicopters work at a fixed rate of rotor revolutions per minute.
10 I want to talk about some of your work at the moment.
11 Those who survived were put to work at the earliest possible age.
12 Page is soon to start work at a headhunting agency in London.
13 The two share a similar body of prep work at first-class level.
14 Thanks to some fast work at Telstra, the issue has been resolved.
15 Rawlins has already seen the Kaká Factor at work at first hand.
16 BANKS: Definitely put your time in at each restaurant you work at .
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