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as in dilatoriness
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as in lethargy
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Noun
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The most common bacterial threats include Salmonella and E. coli, which can cause vomiting, diarrhea (often bloody), dehydration, fever, and lethargy.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Mar. 2025 -
The main clinical signs of HCM are coughing and lethargy.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Cyber tardiness The compounding failures in PowerSchool's crisis self-author a cyber readiness agenda that executives, boards, investors, tech leaders and schools must address.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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That was enough tardiness to let a good chance slip away.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Evil Queen’s solo tune, which Gadot strains to sing, ends with a big finish that left my theater completely silent—not in awe, but in apathy.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
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But to ignore the horrors and live with their existence and isolate them mentally begins the kind of sinister psychological transformation, the confusion and apathy, that Putin’s machine induces in large populations.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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These aren’t failures of strategy—they’re natural expressions of behavioral inertia.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Many of these protagonists endure the tedium and humiliation of involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, losing days and years to paralyzing inertia, and experiencing terrifying delusions of persecution and betrayal.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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Wakefield-Scurr’s discoveries have helped rupture the long-standing lassitude.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Sluggishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sluggishness. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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