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extensive

[ik-sten-siv] / ɪkˈstɛn sɪv /


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Despite extensive studies on green tea, there is limited information on the effects of other tea types, such as black, oolong, and white tea, especially concerning their comparative health benefits.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

A former PulteGroup board member told the Detroit Free Press in 2021 that many board members “didn’t think his experience was extensive enough” when his grandfather installed Pulte on the board.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Today, Realtor.com estimates the property is worth well above $13.4 million—and that’s without the inclusion of Williams’ extensive updates.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

China jolted the world with its willingness to use its extensive control of the rare-earth supply chain to extract concessions from the U.S. and punish countries such as Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Similarly, Native American farmers of the North American Great Plains grew crops in the river valleys, but farming of the tough sods on the extensive uplands had to await 19th-century Europeans and their animal-drawn plows.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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