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extensive

[ik-sten-siv] / ɪkˈstɛn sɪv /


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To understand how this played out, the research team assembled an extensive fossil database spanning two centuries of late Ordovician and early Silurian paleontology.

From Science Daily

Hanwha, which has deep pockets and extensive shipbuilding know-how, has vowed to plow $5 billion into upgrades and dramatically multiply the workforce.

From The Wall Street Journal

An industrial hygiene firm found “serious and extensive” contamination by multiple toxins, including cyanide, lithium, lead, arsenic and beryllium, according to a report reviewed by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

It noted that the project had "secured all required local, state, and federal permits, following extensive multi-year reviews".

From Barron's

More extensive versions were later typed up and buried in a milk churn near his dacha.

From The Wall Street Journal