as in labors
very hard or unpleasant work
in the "good old days" household servants led lives filled with much drudgery and little pleasure
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Recent Examples of drudgeries
Your inner lover girl is dying for some time in the sun, for a vacation from your usual drudgeries.
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Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Jan. 2026
For others, the online gaming space – from Wordle and chess to blackjack and poker is a welcome respite from the drudgeries of the day.
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Nish Acharya,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Jan. 2026
For others, the online gaming space – from Wordle and chess to blackjack and poker is a welcome respite from the drudgeries of the day.
—
Nish Acharya,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drudgeries
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Their heroic labors produced the versions that, copied and recopied on papyrus and later on parchment, arrived at last at a printing press in Florence.
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Justine Siegemund, a German midwife who learned her practice by studying books, was often asked to consult on complex labors.
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There has to be a chance that Jos Buttler’s toils in Sri Lanka and India represent his last ventures on the international stage, and therefore the end of an era.
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Both were premised on the idea of frictionless ease, liberating their users from outmoded toils.
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The girl was pronounced dead at UC Irvine Medical Center, despite the efforts of first responders who arrived soon after the blast, the news release said.
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The university will still have the ability to use the park for recreational activities and, like the city, will also be able to use it as a debris site for post-hurricane recovery efforts.
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Seconds later, the person in fatigues approaches the planter and appears to exchange fire with the officer, who moves away.
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Sources said a video posted to an online gore site allegedly shows the suspects approaching the center and then opening fire, with a person believed to be suspect Clark wearing camouflage fatigues and a plate carrier.
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Thanks to the quality of the fish, word of mouth, foreign guidebooks, and now Moe’s exertions on Instagram, there are long lines at the door, especially on weekends.
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Not everyone appreciated the exertions.
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But from then on, Nolte was never late and showed up every day in the same outfit — a trench coat, T-shirt, sweats and Nike turf shoes — with a notebook in hand.
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Amazon has so many chic summer matching sets that go beyond cozy slouchy sweats.
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The 74-year-old Weinstein, meanwhile, reported chest pains during jury deliberations in the most recent trial, spurring another early end to court.
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The colors, pains, pleasures, smells, tastes and sounds, the what-it’s-like of being conscious, are not private inner bits and blobs that philosophers call qualia, floating in a theatre of the mind.
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“Drudgeries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudgeries. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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