Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clock-watchers
Noun
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Boomers saw Gen Xers, that’s me, as cynical slackers.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
30 Dec. 2025 -
These are not bored slackers experimenting for fun.—
Chris Wysopal,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Getting rid of the Super Bowl stragglers is awkward.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Get those ballots filled out, stragglers.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Dow component and Club name Honeywell was a big gainer on the week, while Apple was among laggards.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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The performance gap between fast learners and laggards is widening.—
Matthew C. Meade,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The tube will then act as a protective barrier over seeds, preventing common garden pests like snails and slugs from reaching them.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
19 Feb. 2026
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But now, as non-native species of apple snails disappear, the endangered Everglades bird, the snail kite, is paying the price.—
Sofia Baltodano,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Generally, fungicides won’t effectively get rid of sooty mold, but sometimes horticultural oil sprays used to treat overwintering scale or crawlers can help to speed up its removal.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2026
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Those crawlers copy webpage content at scale, then AI companies filter and package it into training datasets, the vast repositories that LLMs learn from.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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