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
  • The school alleged in the lawsuit that Phillips’ counsel later sent LAFS a demand letter that included quotations from his conversations with Heavener and Tammy Elliott, the school’s president.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The debate over trans gun ownership is especially complicated in the context of the larger push by progressives for widespread gun control.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In that context, Beckham’s frog loafers felt less like a gimmick and more like a continuation of the designer’s Paris momentum.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Watch Richie and Clarkson bond over their grief in the preview clip above.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That perception was shattered by the 24-hour ecosystem of divisive clips, some new, most from a half decade ago, all intended to feed anger and division.
    Keith Wilson, Time, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Longueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longueur. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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