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grunt

[gruhnt] / grʌnt /
VERB
snort
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NOUN
one doing rough physical labor
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Example Sentences

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He said young professionals should not shy away from doing the grunt work.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

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

It began with a bit of honest grunt, a dispossessing of Araujo in the corner by the twin hunters, Tuur Rommens and Youssef Chermiti, and across the other side of the field they swept.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 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

His response is a frown and a grunt.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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