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Recent Examples of overlong
There’s no denying that Hearst’s dollar went further in that the film is overlong but beautifully framed, wonderfully optimistic about true love, and spectacularly costumed right down to the Frenchmen in tights.
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Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
And the slightly overlong story is helped along by a steady stream of laughs, remarkably more than expected given the premise.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
In this case, the slip-up, and only then if the person on the receiving end was savvy enough to realize, was a confusingly complex and overlong password reset process.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Folie à Deux is both overlong and empty, padded out with copious shots of characters walking down hallways or staring out of car windows.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Chronicling the brothers’ upbringing, the murders and everything thereafter, the series is overlong and exhausting.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose is still overlong and repetitive at four hours.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
The film, which feels overlong at 145 minutes, suffers both from repetition and an over-reliance on melodramatic plot devices.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
The tutorials are overlong, and the first zone is claustrophobic.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
And the slightly overlong story is helped along by a steady stream of laughs, remarkably more than expected given the premise.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
In this case, the slip-up, and only then if the person on the receiving end was savvy enough to realize, was a confusingly complex and overlong password reset process.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Folie à Deux is both overlong and empty, padded out with copious shots of characters walking down hallways or staring out of car windows.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Chronicling the brothers’ upbringing, the murders and everything thereafter, the series is overlong and exhausting.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose is still overlong and repetitive at four hours.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
The film, which feels overlong at 145 minutes, suffers both from repetition and an over-reliance on melodramatic plot devices.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
The tutorials are overlong, and the first zone is claustrophobic.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlong
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White scored 23 points, including 16 in the third quarter, in Saturday’s win over the Dallas Mavericks, snapping out of a prolonged shooting slump.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Mid-Atlantic states have felt prolonged cold snaps: Washington, D.C., has seen temperatures 6 degrees below average; Philadelphia 5 degrees below average and New York City around 4 degrees below average, according to Accuweather.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Kraven, as played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in longish hair and a beard but not much else that really distinguishes him (he’s ripped!—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Dec. 2024
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The Goons had expensive vehicles and no curfews and longish hair that hung in their eyes.—
Rachel Monroe,
The New Yorker,
21 June 2024
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The bustle of city life in Cairo, once celebrated, became a source of miserable congestion as transport became mechanized and streets grew clogged with hot, crowded buses stuck in interminable traffic.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Fears that the family would be forever denied or that the loss would be interminable.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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The persistent decline in China’s 10-year government bond yield — to record lows around 1.58% this month— prompted the People’s Bank of China on Jan. 10 to stop its government bond purchases .—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2025
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Interest rates and the overall investment climate The persistent elevation of interest rates has reshaped the investment landscape, forcing companies to rethink growth strategies over the past years.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The list of spices and aromatics in this jerk paste is lengthy, but the method is simple.—
Lynda Balslev,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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In exchange, Israel released 121 Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment for deadly terror attacks and an additional 79 prisoners serving lengthy sentences.—
Efrat Lachter,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Yet most academy members would likely not want classic rock perpetually refashioned with AI for an endless nostalgia ouroboros.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Read: The new age of endless parenting Perhaps most important, measuring isolation isn’t a good way to track loneliness.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2025
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