extending (out)

present participle of extend (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for extending (out)
Verb
  • The look is described as a quiff with little to no hair sticking out from the sides.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The stairs in front of the house extend downward, giving the illusion of a tongue sticking out of the mouth.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The team showed that entanglement creation and single-photon collecting may happen simultaneously across multiple atoms by projecting their one-dimensional atom array onto a commercial fiber array.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
  • If the January-to-March ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is any indication, Maersk and its contemporaries will still be staying put, especially with the carrier projecting in its earnings call that the Red Sea disruption would last all of 2025.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Extending (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extending%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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