extensions

NOUN

enlargement, continuation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delay development expansion increase postponement

STRONG

addendum addition adjunct amplification annex appendage appendix arm augmentation branch broadening compass dilatation distension elongation extent lengthening orbit production prolongation protraction purview radius reach scope span spread stretch stretching supplement sweep widening wing

WEAK

continuing drawing out spreading out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease

STRONG

base body lessening shortening subtraction

WEAK

abbreviation abridgment compression contraction curtailment reduction

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extensions

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

“Increased mining rates at Break of Day following the Stage 2 cutback, along with mine life extensions at Penny, should drive higher head grades through FY27 and FY28,” says the broker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Chinese journalists would get just 90 days, with extensions of 90 days.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

“We’re being kept on this thread of extensions, and we don’t know when that thread is going to break.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

However, the biggest advances building on GGS have involved extensions into areas that were not the book’s main focus.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond