Public works
Public works noun - Structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use.
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Work and public works are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a noun phrase "Public works".
Work
Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.
Public works and work are semantically related. You can use "Public works" instead a noun "Work".
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They were public works that helped put off-season farm laborers to work and which used sophisticated labor-saving techniques we're still rediscovering today.
Source: Artistic License History -
In The Shawshank Redemption Warden Norton is skimming money off of the price he charges for prisoners to work for various buinesses/public works/etc., and is willing to kill to protect his profits.
Source: Wardens Are Evil
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Work and Public works. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 30, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/public_works/work
Public works & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/public_works/work>.
Work or Public works. 2016. Accessed July 30, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/public_works/work.
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