grunt work
Example Sentences
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The topic is the biggest flex—and source of stress—in Silicon Valley, where tech pros and amateurs are competing to see how much of their grunt work they can outsource to AI without things backfiring spectacularly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Another issue is that artificial-intelligence tools have proven capable of handling the grunt work of coding, thereby minimizing the need for low-level workers.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
"Roseanne" peeled back the veneer around the grunt work of parenting and allowed ongoing problems in the family to stay messy and unresolved.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2024
The rest is more teamwork — and grunt work.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
How could it be any more grunt work than spooning dirt?
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
