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Recent Examples of spadework
But the day-to-day spadework is already underway.
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Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2021
Early spadework for the new batch of projects also dates back to the City of Cleveland’s 2004 Waterfront District Plan.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
This was Biden’s third such visit to a House battleground in eight days, as the White House has married the president’s summer sales pitch for his infrastructure plans in Congress to Democrats’ political spadework ahead of the 2022 election.
—Eli Stokols Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
The rationale was that this laborious spadework brought loamy topsoil down to subsoil level to promote deep rooting, relieved soil compaction and allowed the gardener to improve both sandy and clay soils by adding compost.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 14 July 2021
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Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2021
Early spadework for the new batch of projects also dates back to the City of Cleveland’s 2004 Waterfront District Plan.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
This was Biden’s third such visit to a House battleground in eight days, as the White House has married the president’s summer sales pitch for his infrastructure plans in Congress to Democrats’ political spadework ahead of the 2022 election.
—Eli Stokols Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
The rationale was that this laborious spadework brought loamy topsoil down to subsoil level to promote deep rooting, relieved soil compaction and allowed the gardener to improve both sandy and clay soils by adding compost.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 14 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spadework
Noun
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Instead, her life was turned upside down last week after President Donald Trump’s administration began instituting mass layoffs as part of an aggressive effort to trim the federal workforce.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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The agencies provide the financial backbone for American efforts to treat cancer, address rising sea levels, advance quantum computing and much more.—
Raymond Zhong,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Too much mainstream music now sees itself as a refuge from real-world toils.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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On a mission to eradicate the toil and gamble of online reviews, FeedMe acts as a ‘flavor GPS,’ guiding users directly to dishes that match their taste, dietary requirements, and location.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2025
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Lots of factors seem to underpin the sense of drudgery and potential depression.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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What can people do to associate physical exercise more with happiness than with drudgery?—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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It may be accompanied by shortness of breath, sweating, nausea, or profound fatigue.—
Lori B Daniels,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Not the kind with sandbags and fatigues, but the kind that come with late-night rewrites, diapers, and a creative industry that treats women over 40 like yesterday’s news.—
SPIN Contributor,
SPIN,
11 Feb. 2025
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The travails of selling cannabis legally in New York City was documented by a long-time dealer in Rolling Stone last year.—
Andrew Wimer,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Lula’s annulment differs significantly from Trump’s legal travails.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2025
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They were connected and met with historical figures such as Muhammad Ali, Elijah Muhammad or Warith Deen Mohammed, leaders who taught that Islam was the religion that would best address the historical damage slavery had done to Black America.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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The #MeToo movement ousted abusive men from power, and even ideas as expansive as reparations for slavery were no longer dismissed by the party’s mainstream but deemed worthy of study.—
Shane Goldmacher,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Spadework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spadework. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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