extension

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"What makes this question so hard to answer is that direct observations are very sparse in northern Alaska," says Rawlins, extension associate professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences at UMass Amherst.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

The FDA’s road to regulating compounding pharmacies — and by extension the peptides they seek to dispense — has been long and tedious.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

"We just know each other so well and we're just like an extension of each other," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

That’s especially true if those prices contribute to inflation—and by extension higher interest rates.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

I squeeze the two extension cords in my hand, ready to connect them and flood the whole place in light.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt