prolonged
Example Sentences
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The strategy allows him to install loyalists quickly while avoiding prolonged scrutiny of their qualifications.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
David Rosenberg, founding partner of Rosenberg Associates, highlighted what might happen if there’s a prolonged disruption to energy supplies.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
A prolonged conflict likely will worsen inflation, and the growing odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike creates further headwinds.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has a prolonged vacancy for the chief executive of the Economic Development Corporation, causing anxiety among business leaders amid a shift to “economic justice.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
It seemed that he could feel the prolonged blow of it sinking through his skull, and suddenly with an old premonition he clapped the brakes on and stopped and sat perfectly still.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Vocabulary lists containing prolonged
The Call of the Wild
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Boy: Tales of Childhood
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Britain's Finest Hour Speech - Winston Churchill (1940)
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