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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
For starters, pulling it off requires running a computer script alongside the game, laboriously entering each round of color feedback into a separate application.
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Mack Degeurin,
Popular Science,
17 June 2026
Each was a career politician who spent decades laboriously climbing the government rungs before being elected governor.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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.
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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.
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Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
28 Nov. 2025
No, these Warriors are doing something laboriously, painfully joyless.
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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.
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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.
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Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
30 Aug. 2025
Mack Degeurin,
Popular Science,
17 June 2026
Each was a career politician who spent decades laboriously climbing the government rungs before being elected governor.
—
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
There is no need to laboriously clean and sand the walls before priming, per Johnson.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laboriously
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As aides at the Capitol were actively building a stage for the celebratory event, meant to communicate a big cost-of-living win to voters, the president abruptly canceled it.
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Bill Haley, who is currently running for the Sixth District seat on the Jackson County Legislature, said that when complaints began to rise in 2023, schools and other taxing jurisdictions should have actively prepared to absorb the financial impact.
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That means many households will be paying more per kilowatt-hour at the same time air conditioners are running longer and harder, a combination that can quickly drive up summer statements.
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Progressive lawmakers had pushed hard for state leaders to protect health care for undocumented immigrants.
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Just be sure to diligently shop around for accounts before making a decision, as even minor interest rate differences among banks can add up to substantial earnings differences over time.
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By updating ordinances in advance, and diligently collecting information about any data center proposals that are made, local officials and citizens can protect the best interests of their communities.
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The lower mowing ranges are commonly used for recreational turf areas that are more intensively managed.
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One big concern is that screens are intensively stimulating for young people because they are held up close and engage young viewers with things such as fast cuts and colors.
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After an arduously long winter, these narrow, modestly sized shops have been—with a suddenness and intensity that only TikTok and Instagram can foment—thronged.
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The team sequenced the DNA of 38 different mosquitoes belonging to 11 species within the Leucosphyrus group, which had been arduously collected during fieldwork between 1992 and 2020 across Southeast Asia.
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But the feeling of release as the bowstrings were left vibrating in my arms was palpable, intensely satisfying.
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Listening for survivors requires near-total silence, and time is running out more than three days after the two intensely destructive earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks.
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Rescuers then wait intently for any indication of life, using sensitive microphones or telescopic cameras or simply pressing an ear against the rubble, hoping to detect a voice, a knock or the faintest movement.
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The act of focusing intently on an object—a holy name, a mantra, the Eucharist—has the potential to transform a person’s desires.
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The indictment alleged Beasley purposefully under- and over-performed statistically in order to influence prop bets made by Plascencia and other co-defendants on Beasley’s individual statistics.
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The book, like the exhibition, is overwhelming, resists linear reading, and purposefully drives the observer into a state of disorientation.
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“Laboriously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laboriously. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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