longueur

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Recent Examples of longueur Surely Heaven will present us with a few longueurs. Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 The images in which Wenders frames Hirayama at work are elegant, but the editing of them is brisk, cutting the routine down to a handful of exemplary moments that celebrate the laborer’s attentive care while eliding its longueurs. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 What the play offers is a few longueurs about life and, importantly, an all-night party, rendered with blurry economy and Dionysian delight. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023 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
  • Additionally, several quotations attributed to the cited judicial opinions were phony and did not accurately represent those materials.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
  • And this company took three months to give me the quotation for a simple BMX handlebar.
    Elizabeth Mendez, CBS News, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • But agents are only as effective as the intelligence layer that connects to the context of the customer.
    Anand Shah, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • For context, only relegated Ipswich Town (four) and Southampton (two) managed fewer points when coming from behind.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The comment section under a clip of the interview posted by SiriusXM radio station garnered mixed views.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 June 2025
  • The clip featured an adorable appearance from the Duchess of Sussex's daughter, 4-year-old Princess Lilibet.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 24 June 2025

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“Longueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longueur. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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