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laborious

[luh-bawr-ee-uhs] / ləˈbɔr i əs /




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Even if the framework deal comes together, the U.S. and Iran are still facing months of laborious negotiations—with the real risk that the process could devolve into fruitless talks or collapse altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

“While we have tried to simplify the underlying concepts behind the Ontology model, building and implementing an Ontology in a large enterprise is a laborious process,” the analysts say.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

And sometimes, that extra bit of effort just seems too laborious.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

This is more laborious, of course, but also more likely to fetch you that bigger paycheck.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

The school didn’t have its students learn programming by the laborious computer-card system, like virtually everyone else was doing in the 1960s.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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