extensive
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Extensive blackouts led to internet service cuts, public-transport reductions, school closures, and food spoilage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Extensive fraudulent transactions were also made using his bank account around the time of his disappearance, the department said in a written statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Extensive health studies were conducted on the Apollo astronauts, but technology has advanced greatly in the 50 years since, said Bruce Betts, chief scientist at the Planetary Society, a space advocacy group.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Extensive scientific reviews, most recently by the European Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety in May 2024, confirmed aluminium in antiperspirants was safe with no link to breast cancer.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Extensive, formerly forested areas of the highlands were converted by traditional New Guinea farmers to fenced, drained, intensively managed field systems supporting dense human populations.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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