extensive

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The paper went through an extensive peer-review process.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

But critics have questioned both the practicality and cost of the plan, noting that the island's infrastructure would likely require extensive reconstruction.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It warned it had "insufficient funds" to deliver a far more extensive plan to restore the landscape, which had previously been agreed.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Li’s daughter claimed he wanted to place the papers at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, which maintains an extensive China archive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The damage was extensive, but really no worse than a handful of other storms he could remember.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers