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works
/ ɜː /
plural noun
(often functioning as singular) a place where a number of people are employed, such as a factory
the sum total of a writer's or artist's achievements, esp when considered together
the works of Shakespeare
the deeds of a person, esp virtuous or moral deeds performed as religious acts
works of charity
the interior parts of the mechanism of a machine, etc
the works of a clock
informalin preparation
See spanner
slang
full or extreme treatment
a very violent physical beating
to give someone the works
slanga syringe
(modifier) of or denoting a racing car, etc, that is officially entered by a manufacturer in an event
a works entry
Example Sentences
Her grandson, who stays with his grandmother when he works as a sushi chef at a nearby restaurant, was leaving for his shift.
Marinello said scrap yards tear apart such works into thousands of small pieces to cloak the metal’s origin.
Architect Gerry Hogan, who works with the firm Collective Architecture, believes the policy is quite conservative, but welcome nonetheless.
"Quite often businessmen come into politics and they assume that politics works the same way as business and you can work people really hard in business because you're paying them well," Towler said.
In a statement to BBC Verify, TikTok said it proactively enforces community guidelines "which prohibit inaccurate, misleading, or false content" and that it works with independent fact checkers to "verify misleading content".
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