FILIBUSTERS Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

filibusters

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present tense third-person singular of filibuster

as in temporizes

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Basically, the company procrastinates, to the temporary benefit of the speed-obsessives among us.

— Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2026

Definition of procrastinates

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Robert Pozen, who lectures at MIT Sloan School of Management and was formerly president of Fidelity Investments, has an answer to the obvious question about who inspects this.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Khimasia is an independent curator who currently lectures at Rutgers University.

— News Desk, Artforum, 27 July 2026

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Hers is a poetry that speaks from centuries of poetry, for its need for renewal, for its exits and entries into community, for its capacity to witness and invent, for the beauty of connection.

— Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
The efforts speaks to the increasingly stringent — and desperate — measures public agencies and lawmakers in California are attempting in order to stem a troubling rise in e-bike incidents.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of speaks

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So pretending imbalance isn't happening — like when one partner is regularly absorbing all the work and smiling through it — just delays the same resentment that often festers in exchange relationships.

— Mark Travers, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
That is not only a problem for expanding power grid infrastructure to support growing electricity demand, but also delays the process of replacing aging power transformers.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of delays

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But Koreeda dawdles over all that without ever finding much dramatic nuance, making for a dullish midsection.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
But while the new movie dawdles on its way to Toxie’s origins, then rushes toward a finale with a lurching rhythm that verges on calculated ineptitude, its spirit never feels inauthentic.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025

Definition of dawdles

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Abdul-Mateen, who previously won an Emmy for his role on HBO’s Watchmen and was Tony-nominated for Topdog/Underdog, talks to Vanity Fair about his show’s sudden cancellation, his newest hobby, and being kinder to himself.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 20 Aug. 2026
Patrick, who talks regularly with Ford and Moore, agreed, saying that is not just how a governor does the job, but how a candidate wins it in the first place.

— Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

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