working in

verb

present participle of work in
1
as in inserting
to put among or between others I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup

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2
as in infiltrating
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way managed to work in several references to baseball in his paper on the merits of teamwork

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Recent Examples of working in At rescue sites, volunteers are distributing water and ice to crews working in the relentless heat. — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The implicit goal of The Bear is to depict the realities of working in a restaurant. — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026 After the father left the family, Nan Blyth supported herself and two daughters by washing clothes and working in beauty parlors. — ABC News, 26 June 2026 False hopes about working in retirement speak to fundamental misunderstandings about retirement and the labor market, experts say. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 20 June 2026 Dasilva said Donizete had been working in the US state of Georgia after fleeing Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 30 June 2026 Around 100 immigration cases are scheduled at one time and respondents must attend in person, a practice that has strained an already overwhelmed system and further complicated the shifting legal landscape, attorneys working in the court say. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 Sandra Britto, a patient care technician working in Lower Manhattan and a member of the healthcare workers union 1199SEIU, said the ruling would put thousands of Haitian immigrants out on the streets. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026 One of the groups working in the new online spaces is the Congress of Indonesian Women Ulama (KUPI), which was founded in 2015 as a space for feminist ulama, Islamic scholars. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for working in
  1. inserting
  2. infiltrating
  3. introducing
  4. sneaking
  5. slipping
  6. winding
Verb
  • Getting a digital copy of a game works simply by inserting a compatible disc and installing and playing the game.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 1 July 2026
  • In fact, constantly inserting yourself into everything can slow the organization down and weaken accountability across the team.
    — Michel Koopman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of inserting
Verb
  • Towle, 26, is currently in between stages of a clinical trial involving tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • Lanzani plays Rubio, an army officer tasked with infiltrating the Santa Cruz Church where the relatives of the missing have begun organizing.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 June 2026
Definition of infiltrating
Verb
  • Instead of doubling down on a flawed system, policymakers can make gradual changes by introducing new tax categories in the existing framework and imposing taxes that correspond to the alcoholic content of that category.
    — Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • The soap can be absorbed by the berries, potentially introducing contaminants.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
Definition of introducing
Verb
  • Just a few weeks into the war, one of the Persian Gulf’s top oil producers quietly began sneaking its crude out of the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • But neither those measures nor Friday’s sizzling temperatures stopped fans from gathering in hopes of sneaking a peak at their longtime idol and sending Swift their well wishes.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of sneaking
Verb
  • In its latest trends report, Embark says September is pacing ahead of last year in Europe, while July is slipping—the first time that has happened in the company's history.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Cleveland is probably most at risk of slipping toward the sell side, but the Guardians have made the playoffs two years in a row and have stayed in playoff contention these past three months.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of slipping
Verb
  • This creates a massive traffic jam for lithium ions, which are forced to travel long, winding detours around the edges of the plates just to cross the electrode.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • Beginning near Trenton and winding across Mount Desert Island, the route takes travelers from waterfront lobster shacks and the shops of Bar Harbor to the granite peaks, carriage roads, and rugged coastline that the park is known for.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
Definition of winding

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“Working in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20in. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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