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grunt work

noun as in dirty work

noun as in donkey work

noun as in scut work

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"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

Such grunt work has long been a rite of passage in investment banking, an industry at the top of the corporate pyramid that lures thousands of young people every year with the promise of prestige and pay.

Experts say programs like this one can also take over some grunt work for music professionals if they want to focus on one project but let AI assist with the assignments they need to pay the bills and meet tight deadlines.

The rest is more teamwork — and grunt work.

And actual forestry work itself — the light-intensity grunt work of planting, pruning, hauling saplings and tromping around a bit — was found to specifically improve participants’ sense that they themselves have been mentally and emotionally restored.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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