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lengthy

[lengk-thee, leng-, len-] / ˈlɛŋk θi, ˈlɛŋ-, ˈlɛn- /


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Hellerstein's lengthy career included overseeing the civil cases arising from Al-Qaeda's September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, often rejecting deals he saw as unfair to complainants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

As on the first two records by the band, the third side of “The Same Place” contains a lengthy composition assembled from scraps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Beyond the apartment itself, Hyde Midtown offers a lengthy roster of recreational facilities.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

“We opened on a Saturday,” said Keket, the Haitian woman who owned the bar, along with a restaurant nearby, and had spent nearly five years in a lengthy renovation.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

After a lengthy preamble, in which Penelope talked about fronds, spores, roots, rhizomes, and the impressive knack ferns have for growing in the shade, she began to catalog the varieties.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The lengthier postseason would force the regular season to begin one week earlier and likely eliminate Power 4 conference championship games, which while lucrative, can be redundant and potentially problematic in impacting the CFP slate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

After pursuing the lengthier sentence against Beaird and defending it on appeal, the federal government now argues that his sentence should be vacated so that he can pursue a more lenient term.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

That backdoor, however, is far lengthier and more expensive than the Yanbu-Red Sea route.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Loadings at a Mediterranean port have picked up as Saudi Arabia races to offer its oil to buyers through a lengthier — and more expensive — backdoor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Many judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers do a poor job of recognizing the special needs of the mentally disabled, which leads to wrongful convictions, lengthier prison terms, and high rates of recidivism.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The category's lengthiest response time period, since records began last December, was in January at one hour and 53 minutes.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

After the onset of the pandemic, Corning endured six consecutive quarters of shrinking revenue, its lengthiest drop since the 2001 telecom crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

Seattle had its lengthiest injury report of the season Thursday with 11 players not participating and three others limited.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

He was outlasting Djokovic on the lengthiest baseline exchanges.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 2, 2023

But the lengthiest story in the book, “The Farmer and the Hunt,” was unfamiliar to her, and she stared often and long at the illustration that accompanied it.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo


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