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Noun
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Feldman had been asked whether his corpus of work, with its brooding slowness and trembling softness, had something to do with Jewish mourning in the wake of the Holocaust.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026 -
The slowness is part of its appeal.—
Kallie Plagge,
The Verge,
19 Jan. 2026
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Your LinkedIn audience wants depth and productive procrastination while Twitter needs bite-sized wisdom.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Rather than seeing patterns like procrastination as flaws, the book encourages people to understand their protective function.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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Despite the challenges lateness can create, Alpert said people don't have to be stuck with these habits forever.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
14 Dec. 2025
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These stories about stuffing kids into snowsuits and her husband’s perpetual lateness are still charming, but there’s a different valence to them after the opening context of craft services and the Clermont Lounge.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Pokiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pokiness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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