manual labor
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And robotic construction for modular home building, just generally on-site bots for all manual labor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Cleaning M&M’s machinery would still require more manual labor in the short term, reducing efficiency on production lines, Hewitt said, but the disruption would be manageable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
In the 1970s, when the current rules were written, the official said, many more jobs involved manual labor, but in the internet age that isn’t true anymore.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
On the lower end of skills and pay, apparel employment shriveled as Southern California garment makers focused on fashion and small quantities, eliminating tens of thousands of manual labor jobs.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
The truth is that manual labor could very well keep me from losing it.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
