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as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits
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as in drudgery
very hard or unpleasant work
it took hours of pure drudge to sort through the junk in the basement
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as in to labor
to devote serious and sustained effort
factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks
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Recent Examples of drudge
Rina Torchinsky, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Another recent survey, by the BCG Henderson Institute, showed that office workers spend an average of 25% of their time on administrative drudge work.
—Deborah Lovich, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 24 Mar. 2020
As ambitious Jim heads east, Ántonia is a disgraced, unmarried mother drudging on the farm for a churlish brother.
—Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018
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Noun
Their companies do everything from taking some of the drudge work out of accounting to helping Americans maximize their credit card rewards.
—Rina Torchinsky, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Another recent survey, by the BCG Henderson Institute, showed that office workers spend an average of 25% of their time on administrative drudge work.
—Deborah Lovich, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Verb
While the House drudged through a partisan back-and-forth, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate hatched a deal.
—Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 24 Mar. 2020
As ambitious Jim heads east, Ántonia is a disgraced, unmarried mother drudging on the farm for a churlish brother.
—Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drudge
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Ortiz recalls anecdotes from domestic laborers during the aftermath of the Woolsey fire—workers being hired to put out fires, employers evacuating but leaving their household workers behind to care for pets, workers left behind to clean toxic ash.—
Simmone Shah,
TIME,
26 Jan. 2025
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Read Article > The H-1B visa program helps corporations replace US workers with cheap foreign laborers who lack basic rights.—
Vox Staff,
Vox,
23 Jan. 2025
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What can people do to associate physical exercise more with happiness than with drudgery?—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Others probably feel Dallas could have beaten or at least been more competitive against Golden State, or still remember the drudgery of the regular season’s first half.—
Tim Cato,
The Athletic,
24 July 2024
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This was only after the Biden Justice Department labored mightily to make the criminal investigations of the younger Biden disappear.—
The Editors,
National Review,
21 Jan. 2025
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As Speaker Mike Johnson labors to lock down enough support to be re-elected to his post, every vote is critical.—
Maya C. Miller,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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The story goes that two brothers, Benny and Clovis Martin, former streetcar workers who had opened a coffee stand, began feeding striking colleagues with big sandwiches stuffed into half loaves of bread.—
Katie Workman,
Twin Cities,
3 Feb. 2025
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The airport had one fewer worker than that target. Executive Airport tower staffing Sacramento Executive Airport, on the other hand, narrowly avoided a scenario in which no one was working in the tower.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Feb. 2025
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The 11-track effort featured Trevor Spitta, Zachary Moon, Paco, and MyNameIsntJMack.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Trump administration's targeting of USAID comes as the president has vowed to cut the size of the federal government and tasked Musk with leading the effort to do so through his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The bench has struggled at times which could be detrimental come playoff but.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Karl-Anthony Towns struggled through the first three quarters but came alive late, finishing with 22 points and nine rebounds, including 11 in the fourth.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The secondary benefit is reducing toil for multiple teams, which in turn reduces burnout and employee turnover while freeing them up to support real and meaningful changes that improve security programs and posture.—
Bob Tinker,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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His innie, unaware of this grief, toils in Lumon’s enigmatic Macrodata Refinement department (MDR), disillusioned with the monotony, the secrecy and the repressiveness of Lumon’s operations.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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What are your thoughts on whether the U.S. should strive to keep pace with or surpass China's advancements in high-speed rail technology?—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
2 Feb. 2025
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The town of Cicero continually strives to ensure the well-being of all residents.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Drudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudge. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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