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as in stretching
the act of making longer
the board's extension of the school year drew howls of protest
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Recent Examples of extension
In fact, the styles have oscillated between dramatic extensions, protruding buns and messy waves.
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Included in the latest extension, which is in effect until noon Aug. 6, are the following counties: Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kenosha, Marquette, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Many reasons: The source movie was so organically and distinctly beautiful as to resist brand extension.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
How malicious Chrome extensions evade detection and spread As the investigation progressed, researchers traced suspicious traffic back to a seemingly harmless color picker extension.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Included in the latest extension, which is in effect until noon Aug. 6, are the following counties: Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kenosha, Marquette, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Many reasons: The source movie was so organically and distinctly beautiful as to resist brand extension.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
How malicious Chrome extensions evade detection and spread As the investigation progressed, researchers traced suspicious traffic back to a seemingly harmless color picker extension.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extension
addition
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In addition to Santora, Schwarzenegger, Adam Higgs, Scott Sullivan, Phil Abraham, Amy Pocha, Seth Cohen and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Matt Thunell served as additional executive producers.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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In addition to combing through the archives, Madonna is reportedly working with Deadpool & Wolverine producer Shawn Levy on a limited Netflix series based on her life and career.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Extension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extension. Accessed 11 Aug. 2025.
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