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Examples of go-slow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Kyiv has often been the most vocal critic of the go-slow approach to delivering aid. Austin Carson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2023 Frost’s go-slow appeal comes against a dizzying streak of record-breaking heat waves in Europe, the United States and Asia, as well as shrinking sea ice at the poles and hot-tub ocean temperatures. Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023 Frost’s go-slow appeal comes against a dizzying streak of record-breaking heat waves in Europe, the United States, and Asia, as well as shrinking sea ice at the poles and hot-tub ocean temperatures. Anthony Faiola, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023 Many employers are taking a go-slow approach to employing graduating seniors this year, college career offices say. Lindsay Ellis, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023 Both women have lived in Vietnam for more than 20 years, seduced by the go-slow tempo of life. Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of go-slow was in 1926

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“Go-slow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go-slow. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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