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Recent Examples of time-consuming
Public Works Director Aaron Neal said prior to the pandemic, the purchasing process was time-consuming.
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Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Critically, the tech would allow batteries to go from prototype to printing, with no need for expensive, time-consuming retooling.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
Unlike language models trained on trillions of words scraped from the Internet, robotic manipulation data requires physical demonstrations that are expensive and time-consuming to collect.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Miami-Dade and Broward County authorities publish clear guidelines, but navigating them can be time-consuming.
—Anton Lucanus, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
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Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Critically, the tech would allow batteries to go from prototype to printing, with no need for expensive, time-consuming retooling.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
Unlike language models trained on trillions of words scraped from the Internet, robotic manipulation data requires physical demonstrations that are expensive and time-consuming to collect.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Miami-Dade and Broward County authorities publish clear guidelines, but navigating them can be time-consuming.
—Anton Lucanus, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 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 14 Feb. 2026.
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