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Noun
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What looks like slowness on land becomes strength in the water, where the hippo’s true speed and power surface.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025 -
There is a growing appetite for slowness, intimacy, authenticity.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.—
Gretchen Rubin,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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But for me the book was a colossal procrastination of not fully feeling the pain of the Russian invasion.—
Maria Reva
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Devices have seemed to exacerbate a culture of permissible lateness these days.—
Joseph Liu,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Pokiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pokiness. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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