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Term: Spade-work

Description:

Spade-work refers to the diligent and laborious groundwork or preliminary tasks performed in various contexts. It may involve research, analysis, or other efforts required to lay a solid foundation for a project or endeavor.

Part of Speech:

• Noun

Senses/Usages:

1. Refers to the arduous groundwork or preparatory tasks involved in a project or undertaking.
2. Can describe the additional effort required in doing something manually, especially when technology was expected to simplify the task.

Sample Sentences:

1. Before starting the construction, the architects spent weeks doing the spade-work, conducting surveys and analyzing the site's conditions.

2. The success of the project was largely attributed to the spade-work done during the initial research phase.

3. Although the software promised to automate the process, there was still some spade-work involved in inputting the data correctly.

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