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as in durations
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress
the feud between the two families was bitter and of long continuance
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as in continuations
uninterrupted or lasting existence
the continuance of hunger in the world despite some valiant efforts to solve the problem
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Recent Examples of continuances
And this year, at least five court hearings aimed at setting a trial date have ended in delays or continuances.
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
During two previous court appearances, a judge granted Valle continuances to hire an attorney or file an application for a public defender.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026
Wiegert argued that the cases are not linked and that there is no guarantee that Mays will not be granted further continuances before trial.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
Judge Lipner ruled that there would be no further continuances in the case.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
During two previous court appearances, a judge granted Valle continuances to hire an attorney or file an application for a public defender.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026
Wiegert argued that the cases are not linked and that there is no guarantee that Mays will not be granted further continuances before trial.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
Judge Lipner ruled that there would be no further continuances in the case.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for continuances
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While China’s robotics companies have impressed viewers with their flashy kung-fu routines, the analyst said advances in reasoning, longer task durations, and the ability to chain multiple tasks together to perform different chores will matter more this year.—
Dylan Butts,Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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Basic wheelchairs for short, temporary lengths can be found for $100 or less, while midrange chairs for longer or permanent durations usually cost $150-$300.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Stranger Things’ transformation—from a charming homage to ’80s blockbusters to a sprawling transmedia franchise—was ribbed later in last night’s episode, in a commercial parody imagining a string of continuations.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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The Department intends to stop funding both 2025 new awards and non-competing continuations for these seven grant programs.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Though Steele wrote to Epstein another four times in the first half of 2018, Epstein apparently did not reply.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Stars use fusion to generate hundreds of times the energy stored even gravitationally.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Feb. 2026
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The ever-present discontent of voters Even as the pendulum has swung back and forth in recent Chilean presidential elections, there are deeper continuities across the different Chilean governments in the 21st century.—
Andra B. Chastain,
The Conversation,
15 Dec. 2025
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And yet the odd effect of Larsen and Letteney’s study is to make the continuities more vivid to us than the breaks.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Continuances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continuances. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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