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Recent Examples of long-drawn-out Williamson never lets his viewers suffer through unnecessary and long-drawn-out scenes, even when the show’s rapid speed makes specific scenarios feel overly outlandish. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 June 2025 The vote-a-rama can be long-drawn-out and is often used to force lawmakers from both parties to go on the record about something - even unrelated to the core of the bill at hand - that can then be used for political purposes down the road. Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-drawn-out
Adjective
  • Sir Alex Ferguson’s lengthy and wildly successful time in charge ensured any problems tended to reside away from the Old Trafford dugout.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For Executive Director and CEO Monetta White, reopening MoAD after its lengthy hiatus is deeply personal.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That began to change in October 1985, when the American Cancer Society partnered with other groups to launch a week-long event devoted to raising awareness about breast cancer.
    Dr. Noor Shaik, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The court will decide whether to extend McElroy’s TRO into a longer preliminary injunction, which would keep the FEMA homeland security grants available while the case proceeds.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Later, in the scene in which Winnifred is kept awake by a single pea, Burnett performed a prolonged pantomime of violent physical discomfort, thrashing and dangling like a fish on a line atop a towering stack of mattresses.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Undeterred, scores of people took to the streets again this summer to mark the one-year anniversary of the initial mobilization and decry persistent police brutality, corruption, and a prolonged cost-of-living crisis.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • However, there is little to suggest that the conflict – one of the most protracted and complex conflicts in the world – is easing in any way.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Why the odds look better this time The conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK has been one of the most protracted and violent struggles in the world.
    Alpaslan Ozerdem, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Long-drawn-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long-drawn-out. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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