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Recent Examples of pick-and-shovel Constellation Energy has surged 94% as a pick-and-shovel beneficiary of the AI boom. Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024 The biggest beneficiaries here aren’t only the flashy tech giants but also the pick-and-shovel players: processor makers, cooling system vendors, and the unsung heroes of database architecture etc. Kjartan Rist, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 The core operation and a smattering of pick-and-shovel prospects mined the surface gold that was easily extracted by hand from exposed late Cretaceous-period rocks that shed bits of precious minerals in flakes, nuggets and dust. Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick-and-shovel
Adjective
  • The next job frontier Gen Z workers are finding it more and more challenging to fetch entry-level jobs as AI gets better at taking those jobs over.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But the treatment is challenging and time-consuming.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Bulls look to be the best team in the Group of Five conferences, while the Gators and coach Billy Napier are now under pressure with a difficult SEC schedule ahead.
    Erick Smith, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Usually the final day of boot camp is most difficult.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s a tough dichotomy to bridge, but the new 2025 911 Carrera GTS achieves it brilliantly.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The tough stainless steel loops are reinforced and designed to remain rust-free even after years of use, and a three number combination lock will be easy to remember and difficult to crack.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The 2025 World Beer Awards, known for their rigorous blind tastings, crowned Germany's Wolf Gang, a surprising black IPA from zum WØL BrauArt, as the top IPA.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The study reports that all test results, including algorithm design, simulations, and flight data, underwent rigorous validation.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The significant weight loss and the dramatic nature of the role suggest a deep commitment to his acting career, which makes a return to the physically demanding world of professional wrestling seem unlikely in the near future.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Wheaton has opened up about how he was bullied into his acting career by his overly demanding mother and physically aggressive father.
    Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • One of the most important goals is creating a society where everyone can have the ability to succeed through education, hard work, and entrepreneurship.
    Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Developed by AeroVironment, the 20kW LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) identifies, tracks, and engages a wide variety of targets with hard-kill high energy laser.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Yes, this Jaguars pass rush is formidable; Josh Hines-Allen is no joke.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • With the Chiefs appearing more vulnerable in a season coming off a Super Bowl trouncing, Buffalo—which opens its 2025 campaign Sunday night at home against another formidable foe, the Baltimore Ravens—is poised for a breakthrough.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Music City Loop combines multiple complicated aspirations dreamed up by Musk, and few of them have succeeded at accomplishing the feat they were created for.
    Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The death sets off a chain of events that forces Lilian to revisit her fractured family life and complicated bond with her ex-husband.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Pick-and-shovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick-and-shovel. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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