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Recent Examples of time-consuming
The process to build Venice Dell has been extraordinarily contentious — even in a state where development is often time-consuming and litigious.
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Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Of course, the result is these insufferable, time-consuming, deep pitch counts and boring walks, given the throwers are unable to hit the strike zone!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
Animating all eight tentacles proved to be the most time-consuming aspect of the visual effects process.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 June 2026
By reducing the need for time-consuming manual point-cloud tracing and data cross-referencing, the new feature helps design teams move more efficiently from raw site capture to CAD-ready drafts and architectural modeling, shortening project turnaround time and reducing manual drafting costs.
—New Atlas, 8 June 2026
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Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Of course, the result is these insufferable, time-consuming, deep pitch counts and boring walks, given the throwers are unable to hit the strike zone!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
Animating all eight tentacles proved to be the most time-consuming aspect of the visual effects process.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 June 2026
By reducing the need for time-consuming manual point-cloud tracing and data cross-referencing, the new feature helps design teams move more efficiently from raw site capture to CAD-ready drafts and architectural modeling, shortening project turnaround time and reducing manual drafting costs.
—New Atlas, 8 June 2026
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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 13 Jun. 2026.
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