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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
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2024
Aren’t those who drudge away at them anything but harmless?
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David Harsanyi,
National Review,
8 June 2023
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Noun
Offload drudge work and risky tasks so humans can focus on safer, more creative work.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.
—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
After months of drudging through renovations, the Tiki Taco team will soon enjoy the (jack)fruits of its labor.
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Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2024
Aren’t those who drudge away at them anything but harmless?
—
David Harsanyi,
National Review,
8 June 2023
See All Example Sentences for drudge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drudge
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For American diners of diverse backgrounds, chop suey struck an enticing balance between novelty and decipherability, which propelled it to national popularity even as the US government moved to exclude Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1882.
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Filipino laborers came to Mexico via colonialism, and adapted and adopted champoy with spices and chilies from Mexico to become chamoy.
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Each chapter delves into a different bodily experience that Maglaque herself has lived, from pregnancy to desire to drudgery.
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So Mittelman looks forward to the last summer before college, the one time the drudgery of high school won’t loom.
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Mercurius began laboring in the third and left after Hull's second homer of the CWS and ninth of the season leading off the fifth.
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The British Parliament had built restrictions into the freedom edict to guarantee the enslaved and newly free would continue laboring, either for poverty wages or to repay bottomless debt.
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If a co-worker asks for help, set a clear window so your schedule stays protected.
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One of the options presented must be placing a premium on companies with at least 250 employees, who don’t offer health coverage, to offset the cost to taxpayers for having their workers enrolled in Medi-Cal, according to the deal.
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A bit of a surprise here, as the Warriors were reportedly shopping the 11th pick in an effort to bolster their roster with a win-now player.
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The search stems from a years-long effort by authorities to revisit information connected to Mansfield, whose family lived on Centerwood Avenue in Hernando County.
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In addition, composters are struggling with the amount of plastic and other debris that people and businesses put in the food waste bins.
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Cristiano Ronaldo looks to be in top form after struggling in his World Cup opener, scoring two goals already today.
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This could lead to new deliveries for shareholders and customers once your team is freed from toil.
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Pure white cloth, born in the murderous toil of slavery, formed in debilitating factory conditions, and finished through the agony of Sicilian children, was bleached in more ways than one.
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Born in Brooklyn, NY, on April 4, 1932, Davis was a striving student who attended New York University on a full scholarship, and graduated magna cum laude.
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Nolan seems to be striving for geographic realism interspersed with violent and fantastic episodes.
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“Drudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudge. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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