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Eccentric exercise focuses on the phase when muscles lengthen rather than shorten.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

Airport security lines could lengthen as over 11% of TSA officers previously called out when unpaid, with some airports reaching 50%.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

The golf industry’s response has been to lengthen courses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Days lengthen and the Sun gets stronger, but when cold air moves in from the north, we can be quickly plunged back into wintry weather.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

They were careless of me, leaving me to roam freely like a pet goat I had no one to mend my torn clothes or to lengthen my skirts as I grew.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The transaction lengthens a list of Latin American divestments in recent years including Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Costa Rica and Guatemala.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

Each new delay in shipping the aircraft lengthens the time it will take Boeing to recoup its investments in the long-delayed 777X program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

Eventually, as the day lengthens and circumstances and visual cues recall how we were first introduced to this world, a narrative darkening carries us into the final moments of “Evil Does Not Exist.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024

They won't want to let their local rivals get to 400 though, on a pitch likely to turn as the game lengthens.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024

The shadow of sterility lies over all the bird studies and indeed lengthens to include all living things within its potential range.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

In the left map above, the darkest red areas mark the places where the melt season lengthened fastest during that decade.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

In a bid to limit the stress on his body, he lengthened his run-up in 2018, and that did allow him to play key roles in some of England's biggest successes in recent years.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

AI has the ability to accelerate analysis and speed up work — but paradoxically, it’s lengthened the process of finding the right person for an open role in many cases.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Input price and selling price increases remained elevated, delivery times lengthened, and supply availability worsened in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Clustered around this lady were six men, wearing tunics with padded chests, their puffed sleeves lengthened to cover half their hands.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

August data showed banks lengthening deposit maturities while average lending rates fell, pointing to further margin pressure, he reckons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"So they detach the slow-growing gut, which is now tethering the lengthening body. The body buckles and twists into coiling," Miyashita explains.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Rising temperatures have added more warm, humid days to the calendar in much of the US, lengthening the season in which the disease-carrying insects thrive.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Longevity is creating new investment opportunities while also lengthening the planning horizon for individuals and families.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

But men must work on, and Wang Lung worked as he had before, although the lengthening warm days and the sunshine and sudden rains filled everyone with longings and discontents.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck