procrastination

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for procrastination
Noun
  • After a brief rain delay in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Hurricanes again couldn’t string together any hits to cut into the Cardinals’ lead.
    Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025
  • Initial delays were caused by a five-year closing process, which came to an end in 2023.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • This smacks of the classic PR strategy of avoidance, which always works in a market like Chicago for a team like the Bears.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • The robot's dual 96-line lidar sensors and wide-angle cameras feed data into its onboard processors, enabling real-time mapping, omnidirectional obstacle avoidance and autonomous navigation, even in low visibility or completely dark environments.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Due to the competitive landscape and consumer uncertainty, Vivid suspended its habit of providing forward earnings guidance to analysts with that call, adding to the bearish sentiment for Vivid that has yet to let up.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 2 June 2025
  • Trans-Pacific ocean spot freight rates have kept their foot on the gas in the wake of a rush of imports from China into the U.S. as trade and tariff uncertainty pervades between the countries.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 June 2025
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“Procrastination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procrastination. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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