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Recent Examples of overlong
There’s no denying that Hearst’s dollar went further in that the film is overlong but beautifully framed, wonderfully optimistic about true love, and spectacularly costumed right down to the Frenchmen in tights.
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Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
And the slightly overlong story is helped along by a steady stream of laughs, remarkably more than expected given the premise.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
In this case, the slip-up, and only then if the person on the receiving end was savvy enough to realize, was a confusingly complex and overlong password reset process.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Folie à Deux is both overlong and empty, padded out with copious shots of characters walking down hallways or staring out of car windows.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Chronicling the brothers’ upbringing, the murders and everything thereafter, the series is overlong and exhausting.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose is still overlong and repetitive at four hours.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
The film, which feels overlong at 145 minutes, suffers both from repetition and an over-reliance on melodramatic plot devices.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
The tutorials are overlong, and the first zone is claustrophobic.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
And the slightly overlong story is helped along by a steady stream of laughs, remarkably more than expected given the premise.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
In this case, the slip-up, and only then if the person on the receiving end was savvy enough to realize, was a confusingly complex and overlong password reset process.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Folie à Deux is both overlong and empty, padded out with copious shots of characters walking down hallways or staring out of car windows.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Chronicling the brothers’ upbringing, the murders and everything thereafter, the series is overlong and exhausting.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose is still overlong and repetitive at four hours.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
The film, which feels overlong at 145 minutes, suffers both from repetition and an over-reliance on melodramatic plot devices.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
The tutorials are overlong, and the first zone is claustrophobic.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlong
Adjective
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However, what may have been an appropriate temporary measure has now become a prolonged and unjustified restriction on public access.—
Victor Edwards,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Rising temperatures and prolonged droughts are stressing Pando’s root system, reducing its ability to produce new shoots.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Kraven, as played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in longish hair and a beard but not much else that really distinguishes him (he’s ripped!—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Dec. 2024
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The Goons had expensive vehicles and no curfews and longish hair that hung in their eyes.—
Rachel Monroe,
The New Yorker,
21 June 2024
Adjective
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The bustle of city life in Cairo, once celebrated, became a source of miserable congestion as transport became mechanized and streets grew clogged with hot, crowded buses stuck in interminable traffic.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Fears that the family would be forever denied or that the loss would be interminable.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Interest rates and the overall investment climate The persistent elevation of interest rates has reshaped the investment landscape, forcing companies to rethink growth strategies over the past years.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The persistent decline in China’s 10-year government bond yield — to record lows around 1.58% this month— prompted the People’s Bank of China on Jan. 10 to stop its government bond purchases .—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The Uruguay centre-back needs to keep up his match fitness after recently returning from a lengthy absence with a hamstring injury as fellow defender Inigo Martinez is now set to miss a month with the same issue.—
Pol Ballús,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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However, according to the PeeWee’s, one major challenge of sourcing products is the lengthy shipping times, with shipments often taking three to four months to arrive from overseas.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Yet most academy members would likely not want classic rock perpetually refashioned with AI for an endless nostalgia ouroboros.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Read: The new age of endless parenting Perhaps most important, measuring isolation isn’t a good way to track loneliness.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Overlong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlong. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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