extensive
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The excellent and extensive cross-government work that completed in January-overseen by you, me and the Chancellor - confirmed the scale of the challenge and the rising demands on defence.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The study included experiments in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, investigations using human cell cultures, and analysis of extensive clinical datasets.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
A former PulteGroup board member told the Detroit Free Press in 2021 that many board members “didn’t think his experience was extensive enough” when his grandfather installed Pulte on the board.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, California regulators seized two major life-insurance companies two months in a row after their extensive junk-bond holdings tanked.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
“It’s my parents. They skipped the lullabies and started us with the Beatles, and then worked their way up to Nirvana, which is where their extensive knowledge of music comes to a screeching halt.”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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