In recent years, shopping in a department store has been a scary time-consuming experience leading many people to shop in specialty stores which often offer a faster shopping alternative.

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Supposedly the Storm was set to launch with OS version 4.7.0.82, but due to a last-minute security glitch every last handset had to be downgraded to .65 -- a surely time-consuming task that resulted in many fewer handsets in-store and online for release.

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Credit has been tight the past few years, and many owners complain that time consuming and costly regulations are creating roadblocks.

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When a request from a dealer comes in, the system figures out the availability of parts nearby, the time to resequence the assembly line and whether the change would unbalance the line by scheduling, for example, too many models loaded with time-consuming options one right after the other.

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While high-end evaluation methods like randomized control trials (RCTs) are the surest means of determining what interventions in fact cause certain outcomes, they are also time-consuming and costly and beyond the means of many, if not most, mainstream nonprofits.

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To many, it simply sounds tedious and time-consuming.

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"The significant drain on time and resources companies face when scheduling and carrying out interviews means for many, it can be an expensive and time-consuming task, " says Matson.

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Perhaps it was because it was written in a story format and you actually add to read the response which many who just want to scan and scroll found too time consuming.

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In his research, many expressed skepticism about the accuracy of the information and complained it was "time consuming" and did not "seem necessary, " he said.

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And I think that treatment for cancer or treatment for heart disease or stroke or many of the diseases that a healthy lifestyle can either prevent or delay is very time consuming and painful and costly.

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