as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed
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Recent Examples of cursory
However, even a cursory comparison to the air forces of Iran’s neighbors shows how far behind Iran’s once mighty air force has truly fallen, irrespective of what Vahedi would have had his domestic audiences believe before Friday.
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
All of this is given a very, very cursory recap that makes this incredible, traumatic mission feel like an underwhelming jaunt in Lee’s life.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
Many rejections have been cursory, simply informing researchers that their projects no longer meet agency priorities.
—Paisley Currah, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
In David Silver’s new book, Vintage Rolex: New Edition: The Largest Collection in the World, there’s something for everyone—even those with a cursory interest in the Crown.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 26 May 2025
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
All of this is given a very, very cursory recap that makes this incredible, traumatic mission feel like an underwhelming jaunt in Lee’s life.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
Many rejections have been cursory, simply informing researchers that their projects no longer meet agency priorities.
—Paisley Currah, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
In David Silver’s new book, Vintage Rolex: New Edition: The Largest Collection in the World, there’s something for everyone—even those with a cursory interest in the Crown.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cursory
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After a hurried recovery period in his upstate hospital, Dexter heads to New York City, where his son Harrison (Jack Alcott) has moved.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
10 July 2025
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Here’s how Kansas and Missouri representatives and senators voted in the hurried push to pass President Trump’s massive, controversial spending bill.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2025
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The Supreme Court knows this also, hence its hasty and premature dicta insulating members of the Federal Reserve Board from removal.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
2 July 2025
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And the hasty budget changes mean some people will get hurt.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2025
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Several mass shootings and drive-by shootings accounted for the violence that occurred between midnight on Thursday, July 3, and Sunday night, according to ABC 7, which tracked the violence.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
7 July 2025
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Four people were killed and 14 were injured in a drive-by shooting in Chicago's River North neighborhood July 2, police said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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Those symptoms include fever, cough, rash, watery eyes, runny nose and small white spots inside the mouth and throat.—
Austin American Statesman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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There's no need to really make a decision -- a rash decision -- because the guy doesn't want to go to some OTAs.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The swarm — hundreds of small earthquakes hitting the same area in quick succession — started around 1:30 a.m.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin
July 9,
CBS News,
9 July 2025
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Chicago police and City Hall officials were quick to note that the shooting was targeted and the victims didn’t live in the neighborhood.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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The tragedy in Ruidoso highlights growing concerns about increasingly intense weather systems striking communities with little time to prepare for sudden surges of water.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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In one particularly raw moment, a woman studying the photographs let out a sudden shriek.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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Outfits that once felt aspirational quickly become irrelevant, leaving behind a cycle of impulsive purchases, lukewarm satisfaction, and the constant itch for reinvention.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Essence,
8 July 2025
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Back in 1937, Winfield James, Harry Caldwell and Jimmy Pickard — three impulsive teens from Abilene, just out of high school and trying to avoid summer jobs — paddled a small canoe some 660 miles down the Colorado from Ballinger, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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“Cursory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cursory. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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