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elongate

[ih-lawng-geyt, ih-long-, ee-lawng-geyt, ee-long-] / ɪˈlɔŋ geɪt, ɪˈlɒŋ-, ˈi lɔŋˌgeɪt, ˈi lɒŋ- /


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Raducanu was now able to elongate the rallies - which always felt like it would be the key to her success - as Vekic's level dropped.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

In his view, price resets don’t indicate the end of the cycle, but rather a necessity to elongate the boom.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

Time indoors looking at screens can cause eyeballs to elongate, leaving kids nearsighted for life.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

“I wish that these big organizations were looking into these things differently, because you could elongate careers and elongate lives,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2025

They elongate on the pale slender stalks of their longing, like sunflowers with heavy heads.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

In males, it grows from a small cluster of cells into a little white pimple that elongates between the eyes.

From Science Daily Oct. 16, 2025

Near-sightedness, formally known as myopia, occurs when the eye elongates, causing light to focus in front of the retina instead of directly on it, producing blurry vision.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2025

The exquisite chamber-soul arrangement thrums inexorably yet with zero hurry; the vocal precisely elongates each phrase just a tick or two beyond where you expect.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2025

So it elongates, causing the light rays to fall in front of the retina and the myopia to progress.

From Slate Sep. 30, 2023

Brown shades of eye shadow appear on her lids, and mascara elongates her lashes.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

So if you want a window moved or the bathroom expanded or the roof over the porch elongated, that change order would cost you about $2,000, on average.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

Kelce popped the question with an elongated old mine cut cushion set within an engraved gold band.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

According to the simulations, this low-angle impact explains the basin's distinctive elongated and tapered shape.

From Science Daily Jun. 22, 2026

A graceful woman steps forward from the darkness of the temple, her missing arms and head giving her elongated form an otherworldly air.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

His elongated body snapped back to normal human shape.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

“The drivers of HDD demand are broadening, visibility is elongating, pricing is strengthening, and our new bull cases are coming closer into play,” Woodring wrote.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Traditionally, skiers negotiate the steepest terrain of a course by feathering their skis at a slight diagonal and elongating their stride to help them conserve energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

In addition to needing glasses or corrective lenses, people with myopia are at a higher risk of experiencing a detached retina if the retina has to stretch too far to accommodate the elongating eye.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2025

At the BJK Cup in Malaga, Raducanu spoke about tweaking her service motion and elongating the takeback in a search for extra power.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2025

Two o'clock and the whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light which fell unreal on the shrubbery and made thin elongating glints upon the roadside wires.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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