elongate
Example Sentences
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These bright, elongated structures can strongly influence how galaxies grow and change over time.
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Titan's current orbit, which is slightly elongated but gradually becoming more circular, also hints at a relatively recent disturbance consistent with a past merger.
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Mr. Llamazares’s writing is finely observational and often delicate: “My submachine-gun leaves a shadow of death on the ground like an elongated ear of wheat,” Ángel notices.
Preserved in nearly perfect three-dimensional detail, the skeleton includes a skull with a huge eye socket and an elongated, sword-like snout.
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To achieve stronger performance, the team focused on "racetrack" resonators, which are named for their elongated loop shape that resembles a running track.
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