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procrastinated

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It’s one thing to study and write about later life; it’s quite another to live it and see things I wish I had done differently or, in particular, hadn’t procrastinated about.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 22, 2025

In 2022, 17 years after the Rolling Stones released their most recent album of original songs, Mick Jagger decided the band had dithered and procrastinated long enough.

From New York Times Sep. 14, 2023

There were managers available but they have dithered and procrastinated and paid the price for both.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2021

“I can tell you this: Bo Schembechler … he never sat on anything, he never procrastinated on anything. He took care of it before the sun went down. That’s the Bo Schembechler that I know.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 23, 2021

I had procrastinated for over a week in writing the paper, and it was due on Monday.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman