32 Synonyms & Antonyms For WORKING

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Definitions working [wur-king] / ˈwɜr kɪŋ / ADJECTIVE active, occupied Synonyms STRONGEST alive busy employed engaged functioning running STRONG dynamic going laboring live moving operative WEAK effective hot in a job in force in full swing in gear in process on fire on the job on track practical useful viable Antonyms STRONGEST idle inactive unemployed unengaged WEAK inoperative passive unoccupied

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Sodais said he was confronted by his local mullah, or Muslim clergy leader, in 2015 for working with Western armed forces.

From Los Angeles Times

He said he saved up by working extra hours at the site for six years and in April 2018 bought The Albatross restaurant in Great Yarmouth, with the assistance of a bank loan.

From BBC

In addition to robotaxis, Tesla is working on humanoid robots and custom AI chips to power its technology and data centers.

From MarketWatch

When Levis began working with leprosy in the lab in the early 1980s, it appealed to him primarily as a model for studying immune response.

From The Wall Street Journal

The jail was increasing its patrols while working to improve building security, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

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active alive begun busiest busy busier cultivation engaged exploitable functioning functioning hired hitting jobholding live more active more alive more practical more practical occupied on duty operating operational operative performance performances practical practical process processes reckoning retaining running running using workable

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