prolonged
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Although their presence is well documented, scientists are still working to understand what prolonged exposure could mean for human health.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
The Environment Agency has said that while flooding is not guaranteed, the odds of repeated storms, prolonged rain and saturated catchments are higher than average this winter.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
A closer examination showed that the prolonged X-ray emission was being powered directly by the remnant left behind by the merger, rather than by the outward-moving blast wave.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Ellisons have been spared a prolonged legal ordeal to make even harder the job of keeping up two sprawling studio facilities located in the high-cost Los Angeles area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I wrote these letters in the mornings before work, in the library, during my sessions of prolonged loitering in Commons, where I remained every evening until asked to leave by the janitor.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing prolonged
The Call of the Wild
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Britain's Finest Hour Speech - Winston Churchill (1940)
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