grunt work

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Plus, why finance and tech bros are feuding over the Bloomberg terminal and how tech workers are using bots to do their grunt work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

“That’s grunt work, Ma. Why they got a pro like you making deliveries?”

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott