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as in stretching
the act of making longer
the board's extension of the school year drew howls of protest
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An extension of home Kapsis said the designers focused on color pairing in the Optiq to evoke an emotional response from a driver.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
The jewelry in the show was an extension of this aesthetic, too.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
Throughout the labor action, workers held firm to their demand for a 40% wage increase and the restoration of their pensions, a benefit that ceased to be available to new workers after being discontinued during a 2014 extension of a 2008 collective bargaining agreement.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
Proposition 135: Legislative oversight of emergency declarations This ballot measure limits the length of some states of emergency that are declared by the governor, and puts it on the Legislature to approve an extension.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
The jewelry in the show was an extension of this aesthetic, too.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
Throughout the labor action, workers held firm to their demand for a 40% wage increase and the restoration of their pensions, a benefit that ceased to be available to new workers after being discontinued during a 2014 extension of a 2008 collective bargaining agreement.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
Proposition 135: Legislative oversight of emergency declarations This ballot measure limits the length of some states of emergency that are declared by the governor, and puts it on the Legislature to approve an extension.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Extension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extension. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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