legwork

Example Sentences

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With fewer genetic profiles to work with there is more legwork involved, but Moore said it will likely be key to identifying a suspect.

From Los Angeles Times

For the shopper, it means an autonomous AI agent does all the legwork—showing the brands, models, costs, and so forth, and then buying the item.

From Barron's

But it isn’t straightforward, and it will require legwork.

From MarketWatch

Without doing the legwork about what ongoing volunteer roles get you into, Edelstein warns, “you can really get involved very quickly and deeper than you ever expected—in something that may not appeal to you.”

From The Wall Street Journal

While lawyers and their staff do much of the legwork for trial preparation, a client works with their attorneys to help formulate a defense.

From Salon