extension
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The confidence to say to Cole Palmer 'I know you just had an eight-year contract extension, but let me just put this in the top corner', and then he scores that free-kick.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
He called on tax cuts for customers, or the extension of the price cap to heating oil - a demand also made by charity National Energy Action.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
An increasingly common expectation that the person behind the counter should function as an extension of whatever digital system we’ve already been using.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
In Kansas, a theme park was originally slated to debut in 2026 but received a formal operating deadline extension to May 2031.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The result is that the C11 — an extension — has a more diffuse, jazzy, or impressionistic sound.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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The renewal is the latest in a series of contract extensions at Chelsea designed to reward established and emerging players while maintaining the club's wage structure.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
After granting extensions, the department said it received the data and 83 other documents, most of which did not address its requests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
They see only limited sensitivity to interest-rate moves, little value being ascribed to concession extensions, and an 8.7% yield.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
They then performed leg extensions, an exercise in which a person sits and straightens the lower legs against resistance to lift a weight.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Since she came to America, she had always braided her hair with long extensions, always alarmed at how much it cost.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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