WORKING IN Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

working in

verb

present participle of work in

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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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 An Associated Press investigation revealed that Khan was alleged to have seen the woman working in another ICC department and moved her into his office. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has at least two dozen employees working in the DRC. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026 Emily Hane Hane, who raises money for the University of Kansas as an employee at the KU Endowment, brings more than 15 years of experience working in the nonprofit sector. — Sofi Zeman july 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 The maritime transition will rely on multiple solutions working in harmony. — Whitaker Irvin, Forbes.com, 7 July 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 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 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 The implicit goal of The Bear is to depict the realities of working in a restaurant. — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026

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For larger containers, Steinkopf recommends inserting a wooden dowel into the pot to check moisture deeper in the root ball, since the bottom may still be damp even if the surface feels dry.

— Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026
Coming off a left hip flexor strain, the Mets wanted to give him a full workday before inserting him into the lineup again, which wasn’t possible with the wildfire smoke.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026

Definition of inserting

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Restaurants are introducing alpha-gal-friendly menus and tweaking recipes to accommodate the allergic.

— Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026
Alongside the launch, Anthropic is introducing beta features that allow developers to change available tools mid-conversation without invalidating prompt caches and automatically route flagged API requests to another model.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026

Definition of introducing

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Swift, though, is adept at sneaking into places — including GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium — undetected.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Truelove was apprehended after sneaking into Rockefeller Center’s Studio 1A to search for 71-year-old Roker.

— Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026

Definition of sneaking

Verb

When the device first appeared on the rumor mill, it was tipped for a potential 2025 arrival, before slipping to spring 2026.

— Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Mercado opened the scoring in the 17th minute, slipping behind the Wave's back line before meeting Ainsley McCammon’s cross with a header for her third goal in three matches.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 July 2026

Definition of slipping

Verb

The story of McCarthy’s life was written on this winding street that snakes through a small, working-class corner of Pittsburgh where the Monongahela River bends.

— Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 27 July 2026
These fuchsia French tips are wrapped in winding stems, with floral accent nails sprinkled throughout.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 27 July 2026

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