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That can either lengthen the life of a mortgage bond, if fewer refinancings happen, or shorten it, if a lot do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Snake embryos must lengthen rapidly to produce their unusually elongated bodies, but the gut does not grow at the same rate.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Airport security lines could lengthen as over 11% of TSA officers previously called out when unpaid, with some airports reaching 50%.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Days lengthen and the Sun gets stronger, but when cold air moves in from the north, we can be quickly plunged back into wintry weather.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

The frog dove into the water, and soon its legs began to lengthen.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

It lengthens the Dodgers lineup for Hernández, after a slow start to his year, to return to being a veteran power threat — just in time to, ideally, carry the momentum into the postseason.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Treasury prices, which move in the opposite direction to yields, get more sensitive to risks as maturity lengthens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Catalysts for a recovery that lengthens into the back half of the year, however, will be complicated by the ongoing rise in oil and other energy prices, and higher inflation coupled with slower-than-expected economic growth.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

They won't want to let their local rivals get to 400 though, on a pitch likely to turn as the game lengthens.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024

Celia lengthens her stride, so I do, too, and up we go, picking up our pace instead of slowing down.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

A new NASA-led study now finds that although the melt season has lengthened dramatically since satellite monitoring began, its average duration has changed relatively little since about 2010.

From Science Daily ● 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

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

Clustered around this lady were six men, wearing tunics with padded chests, their puffed sleeves lengthened to cover half their hands.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

“Higher inventory and lengthening days on market give buyers improved negotiating power,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

If that happens, the melt season could begin lengthening again.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Rising temperatures have added more warm, humid days to the calendar in much of the US, lengthening the season in which the disease-carrying insects thrive.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Longevity is creating new investment opportunities while also lengthening the planning horizon for individuals and families.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

And then we would be off to the station, hand in hand, I lengthening my strides and he shortening his to keep in step.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom