at a stretch

idiom

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

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Lately, those temperatures have been unusually high, crossing 1.5° C above pre-industrial conditions for the first time and remaining elevated for months at a stretch. ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025 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 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 13 Sep. 2025.

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