Grind
Grind noun - An established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity.
Usage example: the daily grind of a 50-mile commute was getting old
Practice and grind are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Practice" instead the word "Grind" as a noun or a verb.
How words are described
| long | long grind | long practice |
| particular | particular grind | particular practice |
| normal | normal grind | normal practice |
| regular | regular grind | regular practice |
| Other adjectives: original, sufficient, real, successful, constant, extensive, serious, little, required, traditional. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In the third, the Art Shift level has semi-random encounters (they're static but invisible, lampshading the practice without actually using it), and the Colosseum has infinitely replayable battles that can be used to grind for experience.
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Guilt-Free Extermination War: The Bothan cultural practice of ar'krai, introduced in this series and which enlists every able-bodied Bothan to not only defeat their foes, but exterminate them altogether and grind their homeworld to dust.
Source: Literature / New Jedi Order - Often, in cases of particularly labyrinthine rules, this can slow the workplace to a crawl or even cause it to grind to a halt, if the rule book doesn't match actual practice or how you can get anything accomplished.
Source: Bothering by the Book
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