lengthen

Companies have wide discretion to shorten or lengthen their fixed assets’ useful lives, which changes their yearly depreciation numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Eccentric exercise focuses on the phase when muscles lengthen rather than shorten.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

Airport security lines could lengthen as over 11% of TSA officers previously called out when unpaid, with some airports reaching 50%.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

The hole had been a source of controversy all week following the decision to lengthen it from 236 to 273 yards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

It was the last time to lengthen or shorten the show.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

“As the delay lengthens, financing costs, integration risk, transaction expenses and lost strategic flexibility become increasingly tangible,” said Barak Orbach, a law and business professor at the University of Arizona.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The enzyme telomerase lengthens telomeres, helping protect chromosomes and preventing cells from dying.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

The transaction lengthens a list of Latin American divestments in recent years including Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Costa Rica and Guatemala.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

Neser lengthens Australia's batting at number eight and has the experience of the Gabba being his home ground, but only Warne and McGrath have more wickets than Lyon in Brisbane.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

The stem lengthens until the tip hits the platform, like a kite's tail.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

It shrank from roughly 44 to eight aircraft between 2002 and 2013, even as fire seasons lengthened and intensified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

AI has the ability to accelerate analysis and speed up work — but paradoxically, it’s lengthened the process of finding the right person for an open role in many cases.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

As necks lengthened over evolutionary time, the nerve was stretched rather than rerouted.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

But Schulte told the BBC's World at One programme that individual governments had to make the decision to suspend the system, not airports themselves, adding that queues lengthened while such decisions were being made.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

The slope lengthened until a new balance point was reached, one defined by the complex interactions of countless tiny particles and their ability to maintain an angled shape.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

The odds were stacked against Coleman and his players, lengthening further when Radja Nainggolan's thunderous long-range strike gave Belgium an early lead.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The average monthly new-car payment reached a record $777 in the second quarter, with record levels of buyers lengthening their loans past six and seven years, recent data from Edmunds.com shows.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Wolters is now more explicitly highlighting macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty, with softening second-half momentum and lengthening sales cycles, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Adams expressed hopes that any potential litigation and other ongoing disputes can be resolved without further lengthening the project timeline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

It’s a glorious evening, warm but not too close, the sun starting its lazy descent, shadows lengthening and the light just beginning to burnish the trees with gold.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins