at a stretch

idiom

: at one time without stopping
She can sit and read for hours at a stretch.

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At least 15 miles wide—and sometimes much wider—at its American end, this verdant freeway for migrating mammals lasted thousands of years at a stretch. Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025 This past May, temperatures across several states in the region soared well past 110 degrees Fahrenheit for weeks at a stretch. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 Grandpa really couldn’t feed the family at a stretch. Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024 In 2022, an earlier attempt at a stretch display was able to expand by 20 percent, less than half its current capability. Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for at a stretch

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“At a stretch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20stretch. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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