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: July 7, 2025
\pruh-KRASS-tuh-nayt\ verb
What It Means
To procrastinate is to be slow or late about doing something that should be done, or about doing or attending to things in general.
// Tickets to the event are selling swiftly, so don't procrastinate—buy yours today.
// Not one to procrastinate, Harry set to work on the project immediately.
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procrastinate in Context
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