lengthen
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Hostess had worked, before the Smucker acquisition, to lengthen that shelf life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
Days lengthen and the Sun gets stronger, but when cold air moves in from the north, we can be quickly plunged back into wintry weather.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
I feel my arms stretch, my fingertips lengthen, my lungs expand.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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
Each new delay in shipping the aircraft lengthens the time it will take Boeing to recoup its investments in the long-delayed 777X program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Celia lengthens her stride, so I do, too, and up we go, picking up our pace instead of slowing down.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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 one concern with Mesidor are the injury issues that lengthened his stay in the college ranks to six years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
The list is greatly lengthened if we add those considered by some physicians to cause leukemia in human patients.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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
When asked if signs of fatigue might include lengthening collection times after sales are booked, or narrowing gross margins, Nelson said those were good examples.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
S&P Global’s survey showed lengthening delivery times and input costs increasing at a rate not seen since the post-pandemic related price surges of 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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
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