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Adjective
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Club name Home Depot is another one that’s been hurt by sluggish housing activity.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Most industry commentators attribute the sluggish hiring trends to the impact of artificial intelligence (AI).—
Anjana Susarla,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, came under fire in 1992 for his laggard response to Andrew in Florida, a Category 5 hurricane with winds that reached 165 mph, shortly before his reelection contest against Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton.—
Julian Zelizer,
CNN,
30 Sep. 2022
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Its laggard incubation period gives us a full 21 days to intervene between exposure and disease.—
Abdul El-Sayed,
The New Republic,
29 Sep. 2022
Adjective
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Days of peace, of unhurried coffee, of reading under banyan trees.—
Pankaj Vasani,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Lake Placid’s renaissance has transformed it into Central Florida's most surprising small-town escape with an unhurried pace and a slice of Americana.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Southern Living,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Reporting meant hours of conversation in the car; room for asking the same questions over and over; the gradual diminishment of one’s embarrassment about being ignorant or uncertain; a dilatory attitude of quiet listening and watching; the possibility of misunderstandings resolved.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.—
The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
25 May 2022
Adjective
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Yet nothing will ever beat seeing the old cottage itself alongside the Grade II listed Johnny Haynes Stand with its original, poky turnstiles.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Miata's recipe of feathery bodywork, poky dimensions, a sweet chassis and rear-wheel drive.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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After a whopper of a week — nights that ended too late and mornings that started too early; shuttling the kids to and fro; seemingly endless cooking, cleaning and commuting — the sweet, languid weekend awaits!—
Zach Przystup,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Aug. 2025
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These are languid, let the sun beat down on you while draping your toes in the cool water below, trips.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Ultraslow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultraslow. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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