extend
Example Sentences
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It’s “a persistent pattern generally attached to nefarious tricks such as channel stuffing, aggressive revenue recognition or extended payment terms used as sales concessions,” Burry said in a recent Substack post.
From MarketWatch
Companies would be able to extend workdays to 12 hours from eight, as long as the weekly cap stays at 48.
Although the structural "blueprint" was first identified in fruit flies, its relevance extends to human biology.
From Science Daily
Official PMIs due Wednesday are likely to reflect disruption from February’s extended holidays.
But the author’s sympathies extend well beyond the girls to the stalwart, fiercely protective aunt and grandmother who raise them, plus the many people who help shape their late adolescence and early adulthood.
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