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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
Like that Chopin ballade, a good routine has light and shade, fast sections and longueurs.
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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.
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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.
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Charles McNulty,
latimes.com,
23 June 2018
And even with its longueurs, the book is full of wonder.
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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
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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Students occupied the building and hung banners with mocking quotations from Horkheimer.
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Lowbrow sources such as Sunday funnies, B movies, and advertisements are present but are more diffuse, rarely coalescing into obvious quotation.
Noun
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Purpose, though context-dependent, connects daily tasks to a larger mission.
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Connect with a mentor for context that makes choices clearer.
Noun
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Some hopeful fans took to social media to post their own interpretation of the phrase, often coupled with clips of past Mexican men’s national teams.
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Similar to Alannah, the Montgomery clip came out right after the cast was revealed on May 28.
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“Longueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longueur. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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