stretch out
Example Sentences
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Boeing and Airbus have backlogs that stretch out for years, and GE Aerospace is a dominant provider of jet technology.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
As a writer he’s more inclined to stretch out than double-down.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Shekinah Samayah-Thomas says she has been trying to stretch out her remaining supply of Wegovy since January, when California's medicaid programme stopped covering it for weight loss.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
Only after readers have become invested in the characters—pot committed, so to speak—does Tolstoy stretch out the scenes and slow the action.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
The fields stretch out before us, green and promising.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
