as in lengthening
to make longer
pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dragging (out)
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Officials warn that attacks may also occur on remote islands, lengthening the response time of authorities in the event of an emergency.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Each year, the mining site crept farther south as deposits dwindled, lengthening her father’s commute.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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But Cianfrance also brings his skill with drawing out deep emotion to bear on this story as well.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
11 Oct. 2025
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Both are highly absorptive, drawing out excess oil that clogs pores and contributes to breakouts.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
30 Sep. 2025
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The organization’s Green Heart Project, which studies the impact of better air quality on heart disease through urban greening, has found that increasing the number of trees and shrubs in an area can create lower levels of a blood marker associated with inflammation.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Coffee prices have been increasing sharply since the start of this year.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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At that time, voters approved extending a capital-improvement property tax at the current rate to fund six categories of projects, including a new Little Rock District Court facility.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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In 2019, during the 35-day shutdown, the number of absences by controllers and TSA officers rose as workers missed paychecks, extending checkpoint wait times at some airports.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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In 2006–07 fundraising and deployment cycles, firms rushed to put money to work and paid increasingly high prices, stretching valuations.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
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States stretching from Kentucky to Ohio and Michigan, and from West Virginia to Pennsylvania and western New York could all be impacted, AccuWeather meteorologists said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Dragging (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dragging%20%28out%29. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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