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Recent Examples of time-consuming
Options for Those in Default Banks and the Department of Education offer borrowers options to return to good standing, but these are often complex and time-consuming.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
For millions of Americans, filing taxes is already a frustrating, time-consuming ordeal.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2025
Unlike other research approaches that are more ad hoc, trying to do things the best way possible can be time-consuming and costly.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Both labor-intensive and time-consuming, the tool required food professionals and at-home cooks to literally rotate its handle to activate the accompanying beater(s).
—Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
For millions of Americans, filing taxes is already a frustrating, time-consuming ordeal.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2025
Unlike other research approaches that are more ad hoc, trying to do things the best way possible can be time-consuming and costly.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Both labor-intensive and time-consuming, the tool required food professionals and at-home cooks to literally rotate its handle to activate the accompanying beater(s).
—Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for time-consuming
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time-consuming
nonautomatic
Adjective
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That leaves the 40 percent of the budget that is discretionary spending (i.e., nonautomatic spending that Congress appropriates).—
Timothy Noah,
The New Republic,
1 Feb. 2023
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On two separate occasions within the last decade, Blum and his attorneys argued that the University of Texas was placing too much weight on race in nonautomatic admissions.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
30 Aug. 2019
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“Time-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time-consuming. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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