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prolong

[pruh-lawng, -long] / prəˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ /


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To prolong it, she will need to keep producing fruit from increasingly arid ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

This abnormal activity can prolong inflammation and damage tissue through excessive release of proteases and reactive oxygen species.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

But renewed fighting in the Middle East could prolong the struggle to bring inflation back down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Long-term agreements are one way that the chip makers can prolong or insure their earnings an margins, by tying up clients into deals that last years.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Still, I wrote “Palm nuts” in my book, to prolong the list.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

What we do not yet have are large, definitive randomized trials showing that high-dose intravenous vitamin C clearly prolongs life for most cancer patients.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

It prolongs an earlier easing of sanctions that expired on April 11.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

“To deny that only prolongs the situation and puts off any way of reckoning with it. We have to face it in order to understand that it’s within our human nature.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

It’s not the phone itself causing problems, of course, but the fact that it often prolongs a visit to the toilet.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025

This little bit of food he’s able to bring to her prolongs her life just a little more, keeping her with us just a little longer.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

The unusually prolonged count reflects Mississippi's election procedures, which allow officials several days to process mail-in and provisional ballots -- potentially enough to decide the contest.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Measures under the 2027 budget should further support household spending, although prolonged Middle East tensions and lower commodity production pose downside risks, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

A prolonged war in Iran is the market’s “black swan,” according to Alicia Levine, head of investment strategy at BNY’s wealth management business.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

By reducing normal weight bearing and muscle use, this technique produces some of the changes associated with prolonged inactivity, including muscle deterioration.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

All had a history of prolonged exposure to organic phosphorus insecticides.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Macrophages may remain locked in pro-inflammatory states instead of moving toward repair, prolonging tissue damage and preventing the wound from progressing normally.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

On Thursday, the World Meteorological Society issued a new El Niño forecast warning that there is a nearly 100% chance it will continue through February, prolonging its effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Many operators now avoid the passage and send ships instead around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, vastly prolonging the journey between Asia and Europe and driving up fuel costs and emissions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

However, Lawson's issue - in terms of prolonging his career in F1 - is recent history, and his current team-mate.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Just before the voyage he told a friend, “This prolonging of a man’s life doesn’t interest me when he’s done his work and has done it pretty well.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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