grunt

Example Sentences

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Businesses may determine it’s not an effective move in the short run to keep giving new employees textbook grunt work as they slowly build their experience.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

Robert Alver said that Pretti worked with him as a lab technician beginning in 2009 at the University of Minnesota, and did much of the grunt work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 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

The fundamental logic of charging for time spent rather than value delivered is becoming untenable as AI automates more grunt work—and professionals may soon have to change their practices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Bork suddenly released me, and I fell to the ground with a grunt.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff