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When you’ve absolutely got to hit a word count, it’s just so easy to elongate your work by adding in superfluous, unnecessary words so that an idea that should be a brief 10-word sentence ends up being an entire paragraph—like this one.

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Finally Bryant — 6-foot-6, 212 pounds of long, sinewy muscle — picks up a ball, takes a bunch of steps behind the half-court line, trots four long paces forward, elongates his arms, pushes forward, and … and … and …“Gimme my money!”

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Gently squeeze and press from the center toward the ends to elongate the roll slightly and even out thickness.

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They prove the power of intuitive user experiences that integrate media, merchandising and content to eliminate the steps that add friction to the customer journey and elongate the buying process.

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The tiny plant, which will never grow leaves or roots, elongates in a spindly spiral.

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As an adaptation to saltation the tibia would elongate at the expense of the femur and the index would be more than 100.

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Bush inhabitants include several species of lizards and snakes, all of which have rather elongate, slender bodies, and long tails.

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These mites are elongate in form, have rudimentary mouth-parts and but four legs.

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Subcortical; hexapod; antenn obsolete: body much depressed, with the last segment elongate, terminating in three or more mucros.

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These loops, even when made as perfectly as possible, have a tendency to elongate, thus spoiling the adjustment of the wires.

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