wasting time
Example Sentences
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Although his classmates had been using their phones to get information for their studies, they were also wasting time on social media.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
In a New Yorker article last year by a college professor, students characterized AI-enabled cheating as a widespread and resourceful way to avoid wasting time on material that didn’t interest them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
Then he burned almost two minutes with a song-and-dance number about not wasting time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Collateral estoppel protects courts from wasting time, litigants from wasting money and the rule of law from death by a thousand cuts.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025
Thus, the hunter-gatherers of Tell Abu Hureyra were not wasting time and endangering themselves by collecting wild plants indiscriminately.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
