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elongate

[ih-lawng-geyt, ih-long-, ee-lawng-geyt, ee-long-] / ɪˈlɔŋ geɪt, ɪˈlɒŋ-, ˈi lɔŋˌgeɪt, ˈi lɒŋ- /


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In his view, price resets don’t indicate the end of the cycle, but rather a necessity to elongate the boom.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

Language’s capacity to elongate the self in time burdened us with anxiety and regret.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

“I wish that these big organizations were looking into these things differently, because you could elongate careers and elongate lives,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2025

The tweak helped a sharper Swiatek elongate the rallies and put more pressure on Sabalenka's serve, with the Pole winning the next three games to move 5-4 ahead.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2025

Tyler tried to curl Dad’s fingers, to elongate the tendons and prevent the deformity from becoming permanent, but Dad couldn’t bear the pain.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

In males, it grows from a small cluster of cells into a little white pimple that elongates between the eyes.

From Science Daily Oct. 16, 2025

The exquisite chamber-soul arrangement thrums inexorably yet with zero hurry; the vocal precisely elongates each phrase just a tick or two beyond where you expect.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2025

He elongates a tune into a precise tonal reckoning — no mishaps or blips on the cosmic screen.

From New York Times Feb. 7, 2024

So it elongates, causing the light rays to fall in front of the retina and the myopia to progress.

From Slate Sep. 30, 2023

As he speaks, he masterfully elongates certain words and varies the pitch of the Arabic phrases, which run together almost like a song.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

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

Some scientists proposed that snakes first became elongated and limbless while adapting to underground life, while others argued that the body plan emerged in aquatic environments.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

The previous Galaxy Fold models are typical phone-shaped rectangles when closed, and Samsung is continuing the same elongated look with its new Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Some viewers were fascinated with Argentine sports commentator Andrés Cantor’s elongated “¡gooool!” cheer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

One of the flower-adorned microraptors took that moment to let out an elongated fart, which sent the crowd into an explosion of laughter.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

“The drivers of HDD demand are broadening, visibility is elongating, pricing is strengthening, and our new bull cases are coming closer into play,” Woodring wrote.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Traditionally, skiers negotiate the steepest terrain of a course by feathering their skis at a slight diagonal and elongating their stride to help them conserve energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

In addition to needing glasses or corrective lenses, people with myopia are at a higher risk of experiencing a detached retina if the retina has to stretch too far to accommodate the elongating eye.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2025

At the BJK Cup in Malaga, Raducanu spoke about tweaking her service motion and elongating the takeback in a search for extra power.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2025

Two o'clock and the whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light which fell unreal on the shrubbery and made thin elongating glints upon the roadside wires.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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