grunt work

Example Sentences

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It doesn’t hurt that making stuff is increasingly easy too, thanks to the cameras on our phones and mixing boards on our laptops and artificial intelligence that does the grunt work for us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 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

How could it be any more grunt work than spooning dirt?

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson