extended

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Their programs were not principally drill-and-kill exercises, but extended to mathematics, English composition, geography, history, and music — piano, violin, and choral programs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Now Marcus Staniforth, 17, and a 16-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, could have their sentences extended.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

CEO Robert Davis asserted earlier this year that the company had been building a “patent wall” to cover new indications and drug combinations, with some patents extended to 2029.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Much of her extended family was murdered by the Germans, but “the investment in Holocaust education has been a huge mistake,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The mortgage bonds created from subprime home loans extended the logic invented to address the problem of early repayment to cope with the problem of no repayment at all.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis