WORKS (ON) Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

works (on)

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present tense third-person singular of work (on)

as in deals (with)

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acts

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But acts like this work best when there’s a discernable back-and-forth—think Starlito’s deadpan baritone next to Don Trip’s sandpaper yawp, or Method Man’s sultry bruiser clearing the way for Redman’s scrappy smart-ass routine.

— Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
The book also acts as a reparative rejoinder to Joseph McBride’s highly critical Capra bio The Catastrophe of Success, which was released in 1992, a year after the director’s death.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

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