waste time
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If reality truly is nothing more than a hallucination, dream or computer screensaver in the brain, why should we waste time disputing it?
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
Said Stapleton not long into his set: “I won’t waste time talking.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
“He was always very thoughtful, didn’t waste time, didn’t waste words.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
I don’t want to waste time with people who live so far away from me.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
“And now to not waste time, we move right along to the subject of grammar.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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