works (at)

verb

present tense third-person singular of work (at)
as in pulls off

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  1. pulls off
  2. carries out
  3. carries off
  4. winds up
  5. brings off
  6. brings about
  7. achieves
  8. accomplishes
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  • Anchored by a surprisingly poignant motion-capture performance from Josh Brolin, the film, for the most part, pulls off the tricky balance of delivering sensational sequences and a catharsis that grounds the unimaginable stakes.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • If there was a silver lining, at least Britain’s trigger-pulls off the start line were an improvement on their woeful Saturday starts.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of pulls off
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  • China sends military planes, as well as Coast Guard ships and other vessels towards Taiwan on a daily basis and carries out large-scale military exercises from time to time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The superintendent heads up the California Department of Education, carries out policies set by the state Board of Education and is an ex-officio member of the state’s higher education governing boards.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Definition of carries out
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  • These are fed through a hopper into the reactor vessel to produce a self-regulating fission reaction and are cooled by helium gas that carries off the heat to a heat exchanger to generate steam for electrical generators.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Definition of carries off
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  • Whoever winds up playing Parton on Broadway surely has some enormous rhinestone boots to fill.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Damaging winds up to 60-65 miles per hour and large hail will be the primary threats.
    — Laura Bannon, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of winds up
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  • But McGuire also brings off-the-books experience that should serve her well at Cascale, whose 300-plus members largely hail from the apparel, footwear and textiles sectors, including brands, retailers, manufacturers, NGOs and academic institutions.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 12 June 2026
Definition of brings off
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  • Blending horror with comedy, the Apple TV show takes place in a fictitious New England island town afflicted by a centuries-old curse that brings about supernatural evils.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
  • The organization’s blood supply had fallen by several thousand units in just one week, leading many to worry about the summer season, which typically brings about an increase in trauma injuries, according to the press release.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of brings about
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  • Vandell, as a bar, achieves the same qualities as our best ambitious, rooted restaurants.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Those systems can achieve a 50%-60% yield in the optimal particle size range, while the refractory atomizer typically achieves 10%-20% yield for high-temperature alloys, according to the press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of achieves
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  • If grilling, closing the grill for the final minutes accomplishes the same result.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
  • To that end, the siblings might argue that their duties to the trust include maximizing its value to the benefit of the Buss children and that selling at this time accomplishes such a goal.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplishes
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“Works (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/works%20%28at%29. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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