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as in actively
in a manner involving great or constant activity
working laboriously late into the night in order to meet the deadline
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as in hard
with great effort or determination
the farmer laboriously pruned all season long to produce the finest crop of grapes possible
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Recent Examples of laboriously
There is no need to laboriously clean and sand the walls before priming, per Johnson.
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Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
With buckets and mops, Palestinians laboriously scooped water out of their tents.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2025
Set in 1970 suburban Massachusetts, Reichardt's take on the heist genre saw O'Connor laboriously heaving art through a hay barn to comedic effect.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
No, these Warriors are doing something laboriously, painfully joyless.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
The now 6-2 Patriots started slow, laboriously taking a 9-7 lead into halftime against the Browns.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The technology is rapidly replacing the old days of crime-scene investigators crafting hand sketches and using tape measures to laboriously take down measurements.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Instead of laboriously testing compounds one by one in wet labs or waiting weeks for physics simulations to finish, scientists can now triage molecules digitally at supercomputer scale.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
With buckets and mops, Palestinians laboriously scooped water out of their tents.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2025
Set in 1970 suburban Massachusetts, Reichardt's take on the heist genre saw O'Connor laboriously heaving art through a hay barn to comedic effect.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
No, these Warriors are doing something laboriously, painfully joyless.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
The now 6-2 Patriots started slow, laboriously taking a 9-7 lead into halftime against the Browns.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The technology is rapidly replacing the old days of crime-scene investigators crafting hand sketches and using tape measures to laboriously take down measurements.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Instead of laboriously testing compounds one by one in wet labs or waiting weeks for physics simulations to finish, scientists can now triage molecules digitally at supercomputer scale.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laboriously
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Aurora also remains actively engaged with agricultural partners, providing long-term support to rural communities even after water rights are transferred.—
Mike Coffman,
Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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What has been hardest is seeing ordinary lives, families, young people, civilians slowly reduced to headlines or abstractions, rather than recognized as individuals living under immense and sustained pressure.—
Emily Chan,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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Essentially, what seem like small tweaks have noticeable impacts on control when pushing the ski hard.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2026
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Within the healthy low-carb diet category, people who most diligently followed that diet had a 15% lower risk of coronary heart disease compared to the least diligent people.—
Barbara Mantel,
NBC news,
11 Feb. 2026
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Like Victor Frankenstein, who diligently selects body parts from corpses to stitch together his humanoid creation, the Mexican director carefully assembled his troupe of movie magicians.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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In Danbury, as in many cities across the state, our planning and legal staff are working intensively to interpret the new requirements in order to implement them by the July 1 deadline.—
Waleed Albakry,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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This winter -- the fourth of Russia's full-scale invasion -- has seen Moscow intensively target Ukraine's energy infrastructure, wreaking havoc on the national grid and precipitating rolling and extended blackouts for millions of Ukrainians.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The first year back from knee reconstruction is a tough one, and by all accounts, Darrisaw beat the timetable projection by arduously and relentlessly working through his rehab.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Dec. 2025
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The composite record builds subtly and slowly, almost arduously.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2025
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Viewership did not get an anticipated kick up by attracting curiosity seekers during Dokoupil’s first month, but one person watching intensely was Bari Weiss.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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Others love it or intensely dislike it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Daytona Beach News-Journal / Imagn Images Across the diamond, a woman in her 50s listens intently to another instructor’s critique.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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After completing fielding drills with Washington and Jolbert Cabrera, the fundamentals coach for Triple-A Sacramento, Eldridge listened intently to Washington’s defensive guidance for several minutes.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Anaheim police arrested a teen connected to a group of smash-and-grab robbers who purposefully rammed an SUV into an Anaheim jewelry store before crashing their getaway cars during a pursuit last month.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Social butterfly Venus and pensive Chiron are waltzing through your learning zone and your social sector, showing off just how much your friends can teach you — purposefully or not.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Laboriously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laboriously. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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