extend
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Lanky, with sleeves of tattoos that extend to his neck and wrists, he cuts a striking figure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Over time, that awareness can extend beyond the plate.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
This legislation would extend that approach across the government and apply to all projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The researchers then turned to evolution to see how far back this developmental split might extend.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
The Indigenous peoples who lived on the Great Plains also used fire to extend those vast grasslands to make more grazing lands for buffalo herds.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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The tanker shortage extends beyond the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The researchers also argue that responsibility for forest conservation extends beyond governments and conservation organizations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
His enthusiasm extends even to the technology’s name.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
His impact extends beyond goals and assists, with the Brazilian linking well with Palmer and Rogers.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
My dad pats my shoulder and extends his hand to Charlie.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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Zuhair, who is 25, says his uncles pushed him to marry a 16-year-old girl from his extended family after her father - her sole guardian - was killed in an Israeli air strike.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Behind the scenes, the FBI saw in emails and company records, Kao orchestrated over $40,000 in donations from extended family in advance of the event.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The actress put the property up for sale amid what has now been revealed to have been an extended period of separation from Sadoski.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Wedge was created in the 1930s, when the Army Corps of Engineers extended a rock jetty some 2,000 feet out from the beach to protect the entrance to Newport Harbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The creation of the mortgage bond market, a decade earlier, had extended Wall Street into a place it had never before been: the debts of ordinary Americans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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“By extending AI-enabled automation and insights across Paychex HCM platforms and into Microsoft business applications where clients already work, we are making these capabilities easier to access and adopt,” Gibson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Latvia initially opposed the deal but agreed to a compromise, part of which involved extending sanctions on nearly 3,000 other individuals and entities for three years.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Related research has since documented pearled axons in human brain tissue, extending the observations beyond mice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Private-label products, which are made by contracted manufacturers for retailers that sell them in stores under their own names and logos, are steadily extending their reach into the consumer packaged-goods market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
For comparison, at that time the population of all Europe extending to the Ural Mountains in Eastern Russia was about seventy million.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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