procrastination
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Instead, we ignored the problem, and that procrastination was costly.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
Perhaps procrastination is the greatest present of all.
From Barron's • Dec. 15, 2025
Defaults work because they harness people’s inertia, procrastination and tendency to stick with the path of least resistance, instead of requiring them to make active and often complex decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
For some, procrastination until the precipice of death inevitably led to a rather stressful process of deathbed absolution.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025
His procrastination would have disastrous effects, if you believe in that sort of thing, which, some days, when the old Greek blood is running high, I do.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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