labor-intensive
adjective
la·bor-in·ten·sive
ˈlā-bər-in-ˌten(t)-siv 
: having high labor costs per unit of output
especially
: requiring greater expenditure on labor than in capital
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Traditional methods of handling claim denials are often reactive and labor-intensive, leading to significant revenue leakage.
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Paul Kovalenko, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
An alternative is bagging individual fruits with a mesh bag to protect them, certainly a labor-intensive strategy.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
Given how labor-intensive setting up thousands of accounts would be, Smith paid people in the U.S. and abroad to help, per the indictment.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
According to Preciado, the town doesn’t have much going for it aside from a steakhouse, a couple gas stations, and some labor-intensive jobs.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024
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Paul Kovalenko, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
An alternative is bagging individual fruits with a mesh bag to protect them, certainly a labor-intensive strategy.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
Given how labor-intensive setting up thousands of accounts would be, Smith paid people in the U.S. and abroad to help, per the indictment.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
According to Preciado, the town doesn’t have much going for it aside from a steakhouse, a couple gas stations, and some labor-intensive jobs.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Labor-intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor-intensive. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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