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extending

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verb

present participle of extend
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as in leading
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction our backyard extends all the way to that brook

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“Extending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extending. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.

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