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tedious

[tee-dee-uhs, tee-juhs] / ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs /


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The FDA’s road to regulating compounding pharmacies — and by extension the peptides they seek to dispense — has been long and tedious.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

They say it was tedious work that made them disciplined, punctual and appreciative of the value of a hard-earned dollar.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

He recalled a drab maze of run-down buildings inside a vast wooded compound whose tedious daily rhythms moved to the whims of wardens that rewarded the cooperative and punished the defiant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Among the many tedious features of market panics is the well-known cognitive error of catastrophizing.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

That tedious paragraph was filled with metadiscourse—verbiage about verbiage, such as subsection, review, and discussion.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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