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 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
  • To paraphrase another quotation from Gertrude Stein, a snooze is a snooze is a snooze.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The internet has long been awash with fake quotations attributed to prominent personalities.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • When isolated statistics are presented without context in the media, there is every reason to conclude that data does not offer anything valuable to the conversation.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Viewers will get more context when the next episode airs Tuesday.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Amid the album's release, Justin shared several clips and photos on Instagram of billboards and projections in various locations around the world featuring a photo with his 1-year-old son Jack Blues, and himself and his wife, 28, with the little one.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The ad includes clips from news broadcasts covering, for example, Trump’s framework for a trade deal with the European Union.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Longueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longueur. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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