strung out

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Recent Examples of strung out The others seemed to be a bit more spacious, more strung out, maybe even a bit more singer/songwriter-y. Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 29 Oct. 2024 There still doesn’t appear to be any end in sight as the case has strung out to become the longest in Georgia’s history. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024 The central mysteries are strung out across the season’s eight episodes, as the agents pursue — but practically speaking, put off — answers. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 Trump has absolute control over the running mate slot, and has strung out the process to maximize publicity and gin up interest in the Republican nomination. David Jackson, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for strung out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strung out
Adjective
  • Investigators later found a loaded 9 mm handgun and ammunition in the car, Vawter said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates join a loaded Dodgers bullpen that already has Blake Treinen and Evan Phillips at the back end of games.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Luckily, Frank Grillo plays a ripped scientist who is close to a cure, but also has to worry about keeping his family safe during yet another supermoon.
    William Earl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Ignoring faculty warnings, David dashed forward with a ripped notebook page for Lennon to sign.
    Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • No manager in the American or National League history has won games at a higher clip than Roberts’ .627 winning percentage, and only the Texas Rangers’ Bruce Bochy has more postseason wins (57) among active managers.
    Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The goal is for Loam Entertainment to place executives in both Los Angeles and Tennessee to focus on developing high concept entertainment.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
  • There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • But when Fernando has his own ideas, she’s sufficiently hooked to go with the flow.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Most of our current multipart extravaganzas give us the standard three acts before dropping in a cliffhanger ending to keep us hooked.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But in the last few years, an explosion of warehouse development has wiped out farmland and open space.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Across the industry Profits are getting wiped out across the whole chip industry, owing to excess inventories among manufacturers and retailers and a drop in demand for PCs, smartphones, and consumer electronics.
    BYNicholas Gordon, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • And then on top of that, most people are addicted to social media, so you're constantly getting inundated with the worst f***ing things in the world all day long.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • And in many instances, young users have gotten addicted to and become emotionally reliant on the technology, resulting in a string of lawsuits.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
  • When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.
    Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024

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“Strung out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strung%20out. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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