prolonged; prolonging; prolongs
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Additives are used to prolong the shelf life of packaged food.
High interest rates were prolonging the recession.
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Levine would be fired for season 2 and later producers would tweak that ratio — naturally preferring the Superman aspects — but also going to cartoonish lengths to prolong its eponymous romance.
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Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
The predictably tepid response to their plans in Ukraine and the West also fits into narratives of Western intransigence, a key Russian talking point, as if the West that (allegedly) caused the war in the first place is prolonging and exploiting it to weaken Russia.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
Rapamycin, a small molecule that has been shown to prolong the lifespan, was given to the flies next.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
The strike began last month and was prolonged last week after the union rejected Boeing’s latest labor proposal .
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
The predictably tepid response to their plans in Ukraine and the West also fits into narratives of Western intransigence, a key Russian talking point, as if the West that (allegedly) caused the war in the first place is prolonging and exploiting it to weaken Russia.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
Rapamycin, a small molecule that has been shown to prolong the lifespan, was given to the flies next.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
The strike began last month and was prolonged last week after the union rejected Boeing’s latest labor proposal .
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Prolong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prolong. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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prolong
verb
pro·long
prə-ˈlȯŋ 
: to make longer in time
prolonged the visit
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