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Spadework

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: The initial laborious groundwork or preparation for a project or activity.

Example sentence: Before planting the garden, we have to do the spadework by digging up the soil and removing the weeds.

Sense 2: Diligent and painstaking effort required to accomplish a difficult task.

Example sentence: The lawyer's success in the trial was a result of the years of spadework she put into researching and building her case.

Sense 3: Physical labor involving the use of a spade.

Example sentence: The new construction site required a lot of spadework to remove the earth and prepare the foundation.

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