extended

Example Sentences

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Much of her extended family was murdered by the Germans, but “the investment in Holocaust education has been a huge mistake,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Now Marcus Staniforth, 17, and a 16-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, could have their sentences extended.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Their programs were not principally drill-and-kill exercises, but extended to mathematics, English composition, geography, history, and music — piano, violin, and choral programs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The glowing displays extended roughly 500 to 800 kilometers above Earth's surface.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

They ran through their list of relatives, but anyone in their extended family would wonder why they weren’t using Baba’s nauka.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins