laborious
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Regulatory shortcuts exist that would allow the FDA to skip the more laborious approval process.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
“While we have tried to simplify the underlying concepts behind the Ontology model, building and implementing an Ontology in a large enterprise is a laborious process,” the analysts say.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
She wanted to digitise and streamline those laborious tasks into a piece of tech that she can view on her cellphone or computer.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
For humans, it is a foul, laborious job that entails standing over a conveyor belt, plucking beer cans and detergent bottles from a stream of refuse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Almost a week later he’s still upset, and he writes to Theo and Jo about the “rather difficult and laborious hours” they’d spent together.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
Vocabulary lists containing laborious
Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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