as in extended
to make longer
the actor refused to draw out the interview any further
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Recent Examples of drawn-out
Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Heavy blue areas closer to the coast, including Los Angeles, Orange, San Francisco and San Diego counties, would be drawn out.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
But in the coming months, the expectations are for the tariff passthrough to be gradual and drawn out, Matt Bush, a US economist at Guggenheim Investments, told CNN in an interview.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
The bake-off could be drawn out to pull the wings off of housefly Powell.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
The two-year-long proceedings were drawn out due to battles ranging from money to claims on property to the custody of their kids.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Just look at how long and drawn out the Paramount-Skydance deal was in the first place.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Heavy blue areas closer to the coast, including Los Angeles, Orange, San Francisco and San Diego counties, would be drawn out.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
But in the coming months, the expectations are for the tariff passthrough to be gradual and drawn out, Matt Bush, a US economist at Guggenheim Investments, told CNN in an interview.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
The bake-off could be drawn out to pull the wings off of housefly Powell.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
The two-year-long proceedings were drawn out due to battles ranging from money to claims on property to the custody of their kids.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawn-out
Verb
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Kraft had an 8-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter that extended Green Bay’s lead to 24-10.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The 9-inch monochrome CRT was retained, but the floppy drive no longer had a door, and the keyboard was extended with several special keys.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The researchers concluded that many bodies were treated with prolonged smoke-drying over fire before burial, a practice the researchers believe is similar to mortuary traditions recorded among indigenous groups in Australia and the New Guinea Highlands.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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In its own storied past, Earth experienced prolonged eruptions of lava in single regions, known as large igneous provinces (LIPs), that lasted for hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of years.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The brand’s signature protein-repairing peptide simultaneously takes a journey into the individual hair shaft to repair any damage, helping tackle a lack of volume on a long-term basis.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The estimate for total breeding ducks in the traditional survey area was 34 million, unchanged from the 2024 estimate, and 4% below the long-term average (since 1955).—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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By 2019, Kirk expanded into electoral politics with Turning Point Action, a 501(c)(4) that allowed his network to directly campaign for Republicans.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Cadence has expanded this technology beyond chip design towards creating digital twins of data centers including all the functional components.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Drawn-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawn-out. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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