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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

El Niño also is expected to lengthen the marine heat wave off portions of the coast, which is not yet being influenced by the climate pattern.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Hostess had worked, before the Smucker acquisition, to lengthen that shelf life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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

Odenigbo moved toward Amala, but stopped a little way away so that he had to stretch out and lengthen his arm to give her the key.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

The enzyme telomerase lengthens telomeres, helping protect chromosomes and preventing cells from dying.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 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

Each new delay in shipping the aircraft lengthens the time it will take Boeing to recoup its investments in the long-delayed 777X program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

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

The company also lengthened the time users have to respond.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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

In a bid to limit the stress on his body, he lengthened his run-up in 2018, and that did allow him to play key roles in some of England's biggest successes in recent years.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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

Omakayas kept her eyes closed and lengthened her breath, hoping that Old Tallow would believe that she had fallen asleep.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

August data showed banks lengthening deposit maturities while average lending rates fell, pointing to further margin pressure, he reckons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The study, however, didn’t attribute the lengthening delays to flaws in the single-payer system, but rather to the increasing complexity of cancer care and changes in hospital practices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

"So they detach the slow-growing gut, which is now tethering the lengthening body. The body buckles and twists into coiling," Miyashita explains.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

The “clearest story” of car loans in recent years has been their lengthening terms, according to Gregory.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

I hate computers for getting their own section in the New York Times and for lengthening commercials with the mention of a Web site address.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris