lucubration

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lucubration
Noun
  • The temperature for the first pitch was 66 degrees, a far cry from the blustery cold that added to the drudgery of an 18-3 loss in the March 31 opener.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Gamification can help students to transform what feels like drudgery into engaging challenges.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Weinstein and Rafaeli, in a laudable effort to be fair to all, exercise perhaps too light a touch.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • As the suspect was resisting de-escalation efforts and shooting at officers, the SWAT team breached the residence with a ram, police said.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Christopher’s philosophy is simple — ride out the storms, ignore the noise, and let time (and compounding) do the heavy lifting.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Below, seven options that do all the heavy lifting for your entertainment system.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In order to assess the risks of industrial labor, states began collecting data about accidents and deaths.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Under O’Brien’s leadership, the Teamsters union has engaged with the Trump administration even as other major American labor groups have distanced themselves.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But there’s no headache more splitting or consequence more dire than the weakening of your product.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • That work could create new headaches for Bass, depending on how wide-ranging the probe turns out to be.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Exhibition should continue to push and prod the bear.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
  • During the Monitor’s second visit in December, most of the sanctuary’s bears were missing from the scene.
    Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • However, his later life focused primarily on jobs in tech, including with Intel, Apple and the advertising firm the Overland Agency.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 6 Apr. 2025
  • By this time, Mary had found a part-time IT job paying $26 an hour at a law firm.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Lucubration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lucubration. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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