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Wiktionary

  1. adj. Used other than as an idiom: In a mechanism or machine.
  2. adj. idiomatic Being planned or worked upon.

Etymologies

  1. in +‎ the +‎ works (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “A good example of this academic confusion can be seen in the works of two of the most prominent New Testament scholars of recent times, Hugh Schonfield and Geza Vermes.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Templar Revelation

  • “Scientifically, this vision is firmly anchored in the works of MacArthur and Wilson, Jared Diamond, Mike Gilpin, William Newmark, Mark Shaffer, Soulé himself, and others.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Song of The Dodo

  • “However, one would have imagined that the life and ministry of Jesus might have been quoted in the works of Flavius Josephus 38-c100, a Jew who switched sides in the Jewish Revolt and wrote two books chronicling the history of the period.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Templar Revelation

  • “There is a great deal of value, especially on topography, in the works of Luigi Pareti, particularly his Storia di Roma e del Mondo Romano III: Dai prodromi della III Guerra Macedonica al primo triumvirato 17059 av.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Spartacus War

  • “Again Ramseur gave the order; again the men in the works ignored it.”

    Simon & Schuster: LEE’S LIEUTENANTS

  • “Michael Green , chief executive of The Collective, the management company that represents show creator Dane Boedigheimer, says items like hats, T-shirts and novelty items—he wants to develop a product as ubiquitous as the singing fish people mounted on their walls several yearsback—are in the works and will go on sale by year end.”

    The Wall Street Journal: 'Annoying Orange' Gets Merchandise Savvy

  • “If only the troops in the works behind them would sweep out and fill a gap of some 500 or 600 yards between his right and Hazel Grove, all would be well!”

    Simon & Schuster: LEE’S LIEUTENANTS

  • “One such vanguard venture in the works for those with neurological autoimmune diseases is now under way at Johns Hopkins Hospital, under the direction of Dr. Ahmet Hoke, associate professor and director of the Division of Neuromuscular Diseases of the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Autoimmune Epidemic

  • “The $150 million project, which already has a tentative 20-year lease with a BJ's Wholesale Club, would be one biggest retail centers in the works in the New York region.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Developers Bet Large on Big-Box Sites

  • “It is a process contemporaneous with the first attempt at a scientific statement of religious truth, comes to perfection of method in the works of such writers as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Alphonsus, and is consistently employed and developed in the Schools.”

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

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