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noun Informal.

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Origin of slow time

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby slow time

slow-pitch, slowpoke, slow-release, slow-scan television, slow spot, slow time, slow-twitch, slow-up, slow virus, slow wave, slow-wave sleep

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How to use slow time in a sentence

The winter was a particularly slow time for hiring, according to Labor Department data.
Many left behind in this recovery have something in common: No college degree|Heather Long|April 22, 2021|Washington Post
With the $25,000 we won from Discover, we’ve started to pay off some of our past debts and invest in ways to help employees through slow times in the future.
A Hot Dog Restaurant That Brings a Town Together|Joshua Eferighe|February 12, 2021|Ozy
Chances are you will get much more for your money throughout this traditionally slow time of the year.
Benefits of house hunting during the holidays|Khalil Alexander El-Ghoul|December 6, 2020|Washington Blade
Prime Day, a shopping holiday invented in 2015 with no link to any larger social occasion, typically takes place in summer at a slow time for shopping.
Amazon Prime Day set to span two days in October as dress rehearsal for holiday season|Phil Wahba|September 28, 2020|Fortune

Clusters, filaments, and voids make up the large-scale structure of the Universe, foster-child of gravity and slow time.
Laniakea: The Milky Way’s Place in the Heavens|Matthew R. Francis|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They passed from the view of the two detectives with the locked, gliding stride of two dancers who moved to slow time.
Whispering Wires|Henry Leverage
The band of the Gloucesters were practising scales in unison to slow time.
Ladysmith|H. W. Nevinson
Notwithstanding the heavy fire we thus suddenly received, the advance was made steadily, and in slow time.
The Seventh Regiment|George L. Wood
I noticed that we were making very slow time, and afterwards learned that this was general on Southern roads.
Capturing a Locomotive|William Pittenger
As passed the slow time and the sun sank lower and lower, came the hour of supper; but likewise hunger passed them by.
Where the Trail Divides|Will Lillibridge

British Dictionary definitions for slow time

slow time

noun

military a slow marching pace, usually 65 or 75 paces to the minute: used esp in funeral ceremonies

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