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lucubrations

noun

plural of lucubration
as in drudgeries

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  1. drudgeries
  2. efforts
  3. labors
  4. chores
  5. headaches
  6. bears
Noun
  • Aesthetic experiences were here not reserved for museums or the elite, but folded in along with daily drudgeries.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Your inner lover girl is dying for some time in the sun, for a vacation from your usual drudgeries.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of drudgeries
Noun
  • An international mission in March documented escalating police violence, smear campaigns fueled by public officials, persistent impunity, legal and digital threats and the ruling party's efforts to tighten its grip over the media, CPJ said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The cost-cutting efforts have led to longer expected delivery times and lowered service-performance goals that USPS has been unable to fully reach, a recent Government Accountability Office report found.
    — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of efforts
Noun
  • Teaching and coaching are labors of love passed down from Lee’s father, Robert, who spent his career coaching and teaching students in Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools.
    — PJ Green August 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Exclusion generates the prestige toward which unpaid labors strive.
    — M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of labors
Noun
  • The page-management tools cover common PDF chores without requiring another utility.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Sullivan began her chores, which included cleaning the home’s windows.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of chores
Noun
  • There will be recruiting battles and NIL headaches and portal defections and angry message boards and all the other insanity that comes with coaching at a place where fans consider 9-3 an average record rather than an accomplishment.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The growth that got her there had eaten everything—more people, more vendors, more headaches, but no more margin.
    — Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of headaches
Noun
  • This comes as bears are well into hyperphagia, bulking up before going into hibernation for the winter.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • And the younger bears are giving him plenty of reasons to be grumpy.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of bears
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“Lucubrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lucubrations. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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