slow going

idiom

: a situation in which progress is slow
It's been slow going so far, but the project should speed up soon.

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Though supply chain professionals face a high degree of uncertainty today, Heubach said SAP is focusing on long-tail success for Supply Chain Orchestration; AI adoption in supply chain has, in some ways, been slow going, despite its promise. Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025 Development along the East Bank has been slow going so far. Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025 Jenkins is looking forward to seeing parts of Alaska, Canada and the U.S. he's never seen before, but he's heard some of the roads will be extra bumpy and slow going. Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Doug Mills | Via Reuters Army leadership has talked about improvements to bureaucratic processes for years, but it's been slow going. Morgan Brennan,leanne Miller, CNBC, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for slow going

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“Slow going.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow%20going. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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