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as in diligent
involved in often constant activity
the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beach
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as in difficult
requiring considerable physical or mental effort
the laborious task of cleaning up the oil spill
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as in challenging
requiring much time, effort, or careful attention
that report is the product of months of laborious research
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Recent Examples of laborious
Earlier this week, Jack Flaherty worked a laborious top of the first inning.
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Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Like it or fear it, generative AI has made routine, mundane tasks less laborious.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2025
Creating fractal art by hand would be prohibitively laborious.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2025
In many cases, rollovers involve laborious forms and old-fashioned paper checks.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
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Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Like it or fear it, generative AI has made routine, mundane tasks less laborious.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2025
Creating fractal art by hand would be prohibitively laborious.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2025
In many cases, rollovers involve laborious forms and old-fashioned paper checks.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborious
Adjective
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If a separate closet or dresser outside the bathroom is unavailable to you, then Trosclair advises being diligent in cycling through your linens and washing them regularly to fight any mildewing, molding, or weathering from the moisture.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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Look and Life passed on the story of the My Lai massacre (originally called the Pinkville massacre), but thanks to the diligent startup Dispatch News Service, an alternative news agency, Hersh’s exposé made it onto the front pages of more than 30 papers across the country.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Bulls look to be the best team in the Group of Five conferences, while the Gators and coach Billy Napier are now under pressure with a difficult SEC schedule ahead.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Usually the final day of boot camp is most difficult.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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The next job frontier Gen Z workers are finding it more and more challenging to fetch entry-level jobs as AI gets better at taking those jobs over.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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But the treatment is challenging and time-consuming.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2025
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Panouses advises his clients to use intermediaries where possible and claim their prizes on busy news days, such as Election Day, to avoid coverage.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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This ought to be enough to keep you busy for a little while.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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The 2025 World Beer Awards, known for their rigorous blind tastings, crowned Germany's Wolf Gang, a surprising black IPA from zum WØL BrauArt, as the top IPA.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The study reports that all test results, including algorithm design, simulations, and flight data, underwent rigorous validation.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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The significant weight loss and the dramatic nature of the role suggest a deep commitment to his acting career, which makes a return to the physically demanding world of professional wrestling seem unlikely in the near future.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Wheaton has opened up about how he was bullied into his acting career by his overly demanding mother and physically aggressive father.—
Sezin Devi Koehler September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Tug-of-war also channels a dog’s natural instincts of capturing prey, keeping them engaged.—
Kelsey Monstrola,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Swift and Travis, both 35, became engaged in August 2023.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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That’s a tough dichotomy to bridge, but the new 2025 911 Carrera GTS achieves it brilliantly.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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The tough stainless steel loops are reinforced and designed to remain rust-free even after years of use, and a three number combination lock will be easy to remember and difficult to crack.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Laborious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborious. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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