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length

[lengkth, length, lenth] / lɛŋkθ, lɛŋθ, lɛnθ /


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Logan said she’s really focused on the length of time the Strait of Hormuz remains bottlenecked and how long it takes to recover oil production.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Brooks is perhaps the most high-profile artist to keep most streaming services at arms’ length.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The combination of thematic sincerity and confident visual sophistication makes for a strangely disarming, almost lyrical experience, closer to a poem than a film — a feeling amplified by the movie’s brisk length.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

To conduct the research, the team relied on long-read DNA sequencing technology, which can analyze DNA segments ranging from about 10,000 base pairs to more than one million base pairs in length.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Alf held the damp, sea-stained carpetbag at arm’s length.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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