procrastinator

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Recent Examples of procrastinator That’s not to suggest Friedman is a procrastinator. Katie Woo, New York Times, 11 May 2026 So, consider this the procrastinator's ultimate gift guide. Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 Dec. 2025 That's the price of being a procrastinator. Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025 That’s the price of being a procrastinator. Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procrastinator
Noun
  • Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019
  • Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
Noun
  • Lucky Brand’s 410 model has gone on sale — all the more reason to cosign its deep indigo wash, contrast stitching, mid-rise waist, and subtle slouch.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
  • Cape Verde qualified by winning a group that included African powers Cameroon, so this team is no slouch.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite.
    Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2023
  • This represents the loss of an idea of what the capital should represent, the removal of a place that was an idler’s haven.
    Anandi Mishra, The Atlantic, 30 July 2022

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“Procrastinator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procrastinator. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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