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laborious

[luh-bawr-ee-uhs] / ləˈbɔr i əs /




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Cooking a full-fledged meal from scratch seems too laborious.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Food and Drug Administration seeks to accelerate clinical trials of new medicines by using artificial intelligence to streamline the laborious process of collecting and submitting study data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

I tossed in my sheets and stared at the ceiling, dismayed at the thought of six laborious, interminable nights of yelda until I saw her again.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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