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extension

[ik-sten-shuhn] / ɪkˈstɛn ʃən /


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They quickly signed McDuffie to an extension that includes $100 million in guarantees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

The summit produced no major policy announcements on flashpoints like artificial intelligence, Taiwan or trade, apart from a two-month extension of a tariff truce between the world's two largest economies.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Financial analysts expect a further extension could come before this week's summit ends, given that neither side wants a renewal of last year's trade war.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

For example, that includes giving them an extension on existing projects to make sure they have the bandwidth to focus on learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Lippmann was merely the trader responsible for buying and selling subprime mortgage bonds and, by extension, credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

After granting extensions, the department said it received the data and 83 other documents, most of which did not address its requests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

They see only limited sensitivity to interest-rate moves, little value being ascribed to concession extensions, and an 8.7% yield.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

They then performed leg extensions, an exercise in which a person sits and straightens the lower legs against resistance to lift a weight.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Sniffing a 90% dark chocolate odor added about 18 more repetitions to participants' leg extensions, while a 60% milk chocolate odor added about nine repetitions compared to the water control," said Nashrudin Naharudin.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Anytime we went to a store and I saw a wig or extensions, I would point them out, ever so hopefully.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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