lucubration

noun

Definition of lucubrationnext
as in drudgery

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  1. drudgery
  2. effort
  3. heavy lifting
  4. labor
  5. headache
  6. bear
  7. job
Noun
  • In an interview with Fortune, Kopp described the company’s mission as freeing CFOs from the drudgery that keeps them chained to spreadsheets long after everyone else has logged off.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Enduring drudgery requires discipline, Bronin owns the patent on that.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of drudgery
Noun
  • Those shots blotted out what had been an inspiriting effort by the Valkyries’ bench unit.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Jason Bauer, the city’s director of public works and city engineer, said Aurora pursued multiple procurement efforts.
    — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of effort
Noun
  • If your bank adopts it, the heavy lifting happens between the bank and the carrier network.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • While newcomer Rudy Cardenas does the heavy lifting in terms of lead vocals, six members of the group share in Chicago’s rich vocal harmonies each night.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of heavy lifting
Noun
  • Katarzyna Nowakowska, Poland's deputy minister for family, labor and social policy, told the AP that the most vulnerable applicants still receive direct help from the state and any other refugees needing support should turn to social workers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • As the Lindsay Clancy murder trial approaches closing arguments, jurors will soon be asked to decide whether the former labor-and-delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three small children in January 2023.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of labor
Noun
  • These include a severe or persistent headache, changes in vision such as blurred vision or seeing spots, pain in the upper abdomen, significant swelling of the face or hands, shortness of breath, and nausea or vomiting later in pregnancy.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But in some cases, West Nile can reach the brain and cause extreme headaches, meningitis, tremors, convulsions and paralysis.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of headache
Noun
  • This strange girl who wanders around alone in the middle of nowhere and then enters a house that belongs to gentle bears.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
  • This isn’t like, say, opening a cabinet or swiping a bag of gummy bears from a table.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bear
Noun
  • It’s mainly centered on Billie, who is worried about an old Facebook post standing in the way of finding a job.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Do artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT eliminate jobs, create new ones, or both?
    — Jeffrey C. Dixon, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of job
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