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tedious

[tee-dee-uhs, tee-juhs] / ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs /


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Whenever someone likes to claim that the moon landing was faked — a fairly tedious conversation, even as conspiracy theories go — my general response is to ask, “OK, which one?”

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

It took roughly two weeks of tedious work, sifting through hours of grainy recordings.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

He recalled a drab maze of run-down buildings inside a vast wooded compound whose tedious daily rhythms moved to the whims of wardens that rewarded the cooperative and punished the defiant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Among the many tedious features of market panics is the well-known cognitive error of catastrophizing.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

But that’s just it: this tedious existence is starting to make us all disagreeable.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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