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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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 The eastbound lanes reopened about 7 a.m., but Kansas City Scout traffic cameras showed that traffic was slow going through the area. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2025 It’s been slow going, and the would-be partners saw a 90-day extension set off in April. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 May 2025 Efforts to introduce regulation to oversee this rapid growth in satellites has been slow going. Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 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 3 Jul. 2025.

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