slow lane
noun
1
: a section of a highway for cars that are traveling at slower speeds
2
: a situation in which someone or something is not advancing as quickly as others or is not as successful as others
His career is still stuck in the slow lane.
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These areas and their surroundings will experience partial or full closures on Sunday from approximately 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., except for the westbound slow lane of Rio Salado Parkway, which will remain closed between Ash Avenue and Priest Drive until midnight.
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Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2024
If Newton’s return from second foot surgery in 2024 stays in the slow lane, Mathis could land on the right side of the roster bubble and away from the trade market.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
The lowest-energy state is the slow lane, and there is an eastbound and a westbound slow lane.
—Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Life in the slow lane: field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) modelled using archival biologgers
Worldwildlife.org.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
Those certainties, along with money issues and the human tendency to kick problems down the road, may have kept efforts to resolve the issue in the slow lane over the years.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
But net neutrality advocates saw it as a step toward a two-tier Internet, with the high-speed lane reserved for companies with deep pockets, and everyone else left stuck in the slow lane.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Feb. 2015
IPOs have basically been stuck in the slow lane since 2021 when a record-breaking number of companies—397—went public.
—Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023
Two lanes were shut down by emergency crews and a traffic alert was issued just before 9 a.m. Video shown by Fox 5 San Diego showed an upright truck that had gone off the freeway’s slow lane and up a steep embankment.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2023
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Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2024
If Newton’s return from second foot surgery in 2024 stays in the slow lane, Mathis could land on the right side of the roster bubble and away from the trade market.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
The lowest-energy state is the slow lane, and there is an eastbound and a westbound slow lane.
—Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Life in the slow lane: field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) modelled using archival biologgers
Worldwildlife.org.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
Those certainties, along with money issues and the human tendency to kick problems down the road, may have kept efforts to resolve the issue in the slow lane over the years.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
But net neutrality advocates saw it as a step toward a two-tier Internet, with the high-speed lane reserved for companies with deep pockets, and everyone else left stuck in the slow lane.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Feb. 2015
IPOs have basically been stuck in the slow lane since 2021 when a record-breaking number of companies—397—went public.
—Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023
Two lanes were shut down by emergency crews and a traffic alert was issued just before 9 a.m. Video shown by Fox 5 San Diego showed an upright truck that had gone off the freeway’s slow lane and up a steep embankment.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2023
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“Slow lane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow%20lane. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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