lengthened
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We lengthened the school year, brought in hundreds of tutors, replaced 95% of principals and nearly half the teachers while retraining the rest, and embedded data-driven instruction and high expectations into daily practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
AI has the ability to accelerate analysis and speed up work — but paradoxically, it’s lengthened the process of finding the right person for an open role in many cases.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
As necks lengthened over evolutionary time, the nerve was stretched rather than rerouted.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
But Schulte told the BBC's World at One programme that individual governments had to make the decision to suspend the system, not airports themselves, adding that queues lengthened while such decisions were being made.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Over time her stories lengthened and tangled; they wound around her body like a heavy chain, until she could not hold them up anymore.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
