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Recent Examples of time-consuming
The human heart beats up to 120,000 times a day, so analyzing long-term electrocardiograms that may have recorded every heartbeat for days or weeks is a time-consuming process, researchers wrote in Nature Medicine.
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Nancy Lapid, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
But so far, the Trump administration hasn’t ramped up what can often be time-consuming enforcement operations.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Since finding land — and seeking a myriad of approvals from stakeholders — is one of the most time-consuming processes, new plants currently in the planning stages are being deployed in a cluster of six giga-sized reactors.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
Both drugs require time-consuming biweekly or monthly infusions, however, and carry the risk of life-threatening swelling or bleeding in the brain.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
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Nancy Lapid, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
But so far, the Trump administration hasn’t ramped up what can often be time-consuming enforcement operations.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Since finding land — and seeking a myriad of approvals from stakeholders — is one of the most time-consuming processes, new plants currently in the planning stages are being deployed in a cluster of six giga-sized reactors.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
Both drugs require time-consuming biweekly or monthly infusions, however, and carry the risk of life-threatening swelling or bleeding in the brain.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Time-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time-consuming. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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