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prolong

[pruh-lawng, -long] / prəˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ /


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Having Deborah decide to prolong her life with chemo because she could not resist mining this final seam of comedic gold was a coup de grace.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The team also tested whether they could prolong these signals.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

"Anything to improve that, whether it's a treatment to prolong life or a cure would be amazing."

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It likely will prolong the conflict, now entering its seventh week, and the economic and market damage it has wrought well into the summer months.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

For one thing, he was not anxious to prolong his own torture, by keeping the Queen under his roof, whom he loved and could not have.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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