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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
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
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
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One of my nerdy little hobbies is collecting quotations from the famous and not-so-famous about good writing.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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Drawing on quotations from Karl Marx, a Lincoln enthusiast, Stewart argues that Lincoln was essentially the first Marxist President: embracing a view of labor not far from Marx’s own, and opposing the peonage of working people in all its forms.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Most people spend decades getting to know themselves in the context of work, parenting, and day-to-day responsibilities.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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This story has been updated with additional information and context.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The platform features a new AI model named Fuzz, capable of generating complete songs from text descriptions, audio clips, or visual prompts.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The film is a symphony of voices, featuring recent interviews with many of the original participants—businesspeople, union leaders, political officials—along with archival clips documenting key events and conveying the tone of the times.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Longueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longueur. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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