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
  • Each fin features quotations cherry-picked from a century of glowing Phantom press reviews.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Is that a genuine quotation, however, or is Lang merely fooling with us?
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Below is the text of the Fifteenth Amendment, annotated with scholarship from JSTOR to provide historical context and research.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The chairman claimed his words had been taken out of context, but his comments were splashed across the back of the newspapers and caused a storm of controversy.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Police reportedly located the woman after reviewing a two-second security camera video clip, in which she was allegedly seen on a city sidewalk carrying something that appeared to be wrapped in a bundle and holding it as a person would typically hold a baby.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At the neckline of Washington’s frock, a white shirt with a coordinated navy and black pinstripe tie featured, with a clip in gold and the red, white and blue vertical stripe motif synonymous with Browne’s eponymous brand.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Longueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longueur. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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