slow-moving
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of slow-moving
First recorded in 1635–45
Example Sentences
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Last year, 7 million people around the world, 600,00 of them children, died from a slow-moving, silent and largely invisible killer: air pollution.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
Documentarian Geeta Gandbhir retraces this slow-moving tragedy through the body camera footage of the exasperated officers who know that the caller, not the children, is the problem.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
"Instead of even spreading, these slow-moving impacts would create a deposit rather than a crater. And they are centered on the equator as predicted from modeling material spun off the primary."
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
One is the latest twist in a slow-moving story about the health of the job market.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026
Driving by night, police on motorcycles led slow-moving convoys down narrow back roads.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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