1
as in hanging around
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2
as in forgetting
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slacking (off)
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Dodgers keep ‘hanging around the backboard’ Waiting out the market is a familiar playbook for the Dodgers and president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
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The more water that's hanging around in the fibers of your clothes after the wash, the more time your clothes are going to take to air dry.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
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By capturing moments automatically and persistently, Poketomo echoes long-standing dystopian ideas of total recall, where forgetting is no longer natural, and where the past is always available, searchable, and impossible to fully leave behind.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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The sun's rays dance across the rooftops of a city defined by its historic university and which has, without forgetting its rich past, embraced modernity.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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In 2019, city employees began hanging about 500 trick-or-treat pumpkin buckets in the trees on Main Street every October.—
Elliott Harrell,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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Orion Nebula Those viewing from a dark sky location may also notice a blurry patch of light hanging about 5 degrees below Orion's belt.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Zwerner is suing Parker, who is accused of neglecting to act on concerns the student had a gun in January 2023 at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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An Australian mother admitted neglecting her children so severely that one was hospitalized with lice eggs in her hair and dirt caked on her feet — and later died from cardiac arrest linked to poor nutrition.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Slacking (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slacking%20%28off%29. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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