grunt

Example Sentences

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Tech workers’ new obsession is watching bots do their grunt work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Now it belongs to a humanoid robot called Digit that was built for grunt work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 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

Then, with a grunt and some pulling and a whole lotta sap, off it popped.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia