procrastinated

past tense of procrastinate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for procrastinated
Verb
  • Homeowners and business owners now await emergency funds that could potentially be stalled due to the federal government shutdown.
    Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Club stocks Honeywell and DuPont stalled after breakup announcements.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The release of key economic reports would also likely be delayed, economists said.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Recently, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has also taken legal action against the Department of Education, alleging that the administration has unlawfully delayed or denied access to loan forgiveness programs, such as IDR and PSLF.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the weeks dragged on, agencies including the IRS and State Department called more workers back to keep things running.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • One letter submitted late Wednesday was from Gina Huynh, the Combs ex-girlfriend who previously told gossip vlogger Tasha K that Combs shoved her to the ground and dragged her by her hair in 2018.
    Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by pretty much everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack crawled back to Bliss.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Just as Ted Lasso began life as a promo for NBC’s English Premier League coverage, Chad Powers crawled out of a gag on Eli’s Places, Eli Manning’s post-retirement ESPN+ program, in which the former Giants quarterback hides under prosthetics to pose as an aspiring Penn State walk-on.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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