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procrastinate

[proh-kras-tuh-neyt, pruh-] / proʊˈkræs təˌneɪt, prə- /


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Procrastinate until she becomes desperate enough to say she won’t mind if I make a mess of it.

From The Guardian • May 17, 2020

The album, released by the band on its own label, Procrastinate!

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2017

For starters, revision only seems like a modest goal if you ignore how rare it is in student writing, where the typical pattern is: Procrastinate, panic, write all night, turn it in, and forget it.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2016

Management: Procrastinate Like a Boss John F. Demartini says the business leaders who are best at maintaining balance in a company “will be the most loved, loving and sustainable.”

From New York Times • May 13, 2013

Procrastinate, prō-kras′ti-nāt, v.t. to put off till some future time: to postpone.—v.i. to delay.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various




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