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Work remotely

Meaning in business english, with examples

phraseCore term

In business english, work remotely means: To do your job away from the usual office, often from home or another location, using digital tools to stay connected.

In Turkish: uzaktan çalışmak

How it is used

Very common in modern workplace language. Used for home working, hybrid arrangements, travel days, and teams spread across different locations.

Example sentences

  1. Most of the design team works remotely on Fridays, so client feedback is posted in the shared channel instead of discussed at desks.

    Here, works remotely describes a regular working arrangement that changes how the team communicates and organizes daily feedback.

  2. She asked whether she could work remotely for two weeks while visiting family, provided she stayed available during local office hours.

    In this sentence, work remotely means performing the same job from another place while still meeting schedule and availability expectations.

Common collocations

  • work remotely full-time
  • work remotely from home
  • eligible to work remotely
  • work from homeTo do your job at home instead of at the office, usually using a laptop, email and video calls; often shortened to WFH.
  • time zoneOne of the areas of the world that use the same standard time; colleagues in different time zones start and finish work at different hours.

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