slow-moving
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of slow-moving
First recorded in 1635–45
Example Sentences
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“The past 24 hours have been a reminder that crude is currently trading the headline probability tree more than the slow-moving balance,” Gelber & Associates says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Although blockades at fuel depots and Ireland's only oil refinery have been lifted, slow-moving convoys of large vehicles continued on motorways around Dublin on Monday morning.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Last week's protests grew from slow-moving convoys on motorways and restricted access to Dublin's busiest streets, to a part blockade of Ireland's only oil refinery and restricted access to at least two other fuel depots.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
Together, the imaging and tissue data confirmed that the slow-moving fluid observed on MRI was traveling through lymphatic vessels, not blood vessels, directly linking the scans to biological evidence.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
A broad, slow-moving river wound through rich grassland in the middle distance, and at the foot of the long slope, among copses of small trees and rows of vegetables, stood a village of thatched houses.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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