slowness
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The slowness of the French justice system is legendary.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The company’s revised guidance was legitimately terrible, indicating that the slowness of the rollout surprised them as well, and will drag on.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
“There’s a real slowness in food and ceramics,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
It’s a slowness she’d never had to confront, in a language she doesn’t speak.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2026
Captain Beatty, his poker cards in one pink hand, walked with exaggerated slowness to the phone and ripped out the address when the report was finished.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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