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Recent Examples of longueur
Surely Heaven will present us with a few longueurs.
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Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Like that Chopin ballade, a good routine has light and shade, fast sections and longueurs.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020
This enthusiasm is a blessing for the longueurs to come, as one by one the cast spins out the inscrutable tale of the annual Jellicle Ball, when all the street cats of London convene to dance and sing.
—Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 4 Jan. 2020
Sitting through the longueurs of Simon’s book shouldn’t have to be the penitential price for our enjoyment of the musical portion of the show.
—Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 23 June 2018
And even with its longueurs, the book is full of wonder.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017
Fortunately, the novel’s exciting ending helps to compensate for its longueurs.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017
Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Like that Chopin ballade, a good routine has light and shade, fast sections and longueurs.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020
This enthusiasm is a blessing for the longueurs to come, as one by one the cast spins out the inscrutable tale of the annual Jellicle Ball, when all the street cats of London convene to dance and sing.
—Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 4 Jan. 2020
Sitting through the longueurs of Simon’s book shouldn’t have to be the penitential price for our enjoyment of the musical portion of the show.
—Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 23 June 2018
And even with its longueurs, the book is full of wonder.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017
Fortunately, the novel’s exciting ending helps to compensate for its longueurs.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for longueur
Noun
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One of the most brutal aspects of this book is reading quotations of the hate mail that families of the teens received.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Smith’s writing serves up dozens of memorable lines, ready for quotation.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
20 Dec. 2025
Noun
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But the memory of decades-long civil unrest, largely ended by a peace agreement signed in 2016, is still fresh enough to provide a real-life context for Teddy’s machinations.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
11 Jan. 2026
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Vagueposting is when people purposefully post or comment without any context, requiring people who want to know more to dig deeper or even outright ask what — or who — the post is about.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Indeed, music with a rapid clip might be the wrong kind of music in this situation.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Related Stories Variety is exclusively debuting a clip from the film.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Longueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longueur. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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