procrastination
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Sometimes, procrastination is someone’s way of avoiding a fear that they’ll owe the government a great deal of money.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
Mr. Bailey offers practical techniques for overcoming the aversive elements of our goals, which are most likely to lead to procrastination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
Perhaps procrastination is the greatest present of all.
From Barron's ● Dec. 15, 2025
For some, procrastination until the precipice of death inevitably led to a rather stressful process of deathbed absolution.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025
General Peckem’s communications about cleanliness and procrastination made Major Major feel like a filthy procrastinator, and he always got those out of the way as quickly as he could.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing procrastination
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