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protraction

[proh-trak-shuhn, pruh-] / proʊˈtræk ʃən, prə- /


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They can also be used to prevent “the expansion and protraction of a war,” the law says, according to the state media report.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

Retraction occurs as a joint moves back into position after protraction.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The sculpture had become, after all these years, about the protraction of the human foot and the celestial head.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

In Kafka’s The Trial, Josef K.’s lawyer gives him the option of filing for a Verschleppung, or  protraction.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2014

It soon became evident that human endurance would be insufficient to bear any protraction of the obsequies.

From Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 by Anonymous




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