lengthen

Companies have wide discretion to shorten or lengthen their fixed assets’ useful lives, which changes their yearly depreciation numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

The hole had been a source of controversy all week following the decision to lengthen it from 236 to 273 yards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

"We know that being able to lengthen internally is less painful and a better experience overall," Nick Peterson, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Alder Hey said.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

The results also align with clinical observations that fully blocking sensory nerves can lengthen labor.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026

Seated in the branches of the elm tree at the north wall of the Abbey, Cluny watched the shadows lengthen.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

Neser lengthens Australia's batting at number eight and has the experience of the Gabba being his home ground, but only Warne and McGrath have more wickets than Lyon in Brisbane.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

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

If you drop your phone on a pillow, the pillow will compress beneath the phone, which lengthens the impact time.

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2024

They run together, but at the end, the other girl finishes more strongly Her stride lengthens, and a man keeps yelling, “Go, Annie! Go, Annie! Dig ’em in, love!

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

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

Detention times have lengthened, and whereas before deported people might be able to return, now there is scant chance of reentering the U.S.’s hyper-militarized border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

The list is greatly lengthened if we add those considered by some physicians to cause leukemia in human patients.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The average monthly new-car payment reached a record $777 in the second quarter, with record levels of buyers lengthening their loan terms past six and seven years, recent data from Edmunds.com show.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 5, 2026

“Essentially, you’re just lengthening the ramp, which with international films really helps put these movies on the radar,” says a veteran awards consultant, who, because of potential client conflicts, asked to speak anonymously.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Wolters is now more explicitly highlighting macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty, with softening second-half momentum and lengthening sales cycles, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

According to the study, muscles can produce greater force during these lengthening movements while using less energy than they would during lifting, pulling, or climbing actions.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

And now I felt something else, Rex, or me, lengthening, expanding.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides