longitudinally

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Adverb
  • The families got into the two beds, preparing to go to sleep, women and girls lying lengthwise, boys across the bottom of the bed at their feet.
    Samantha M. Shapiro, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • These fibrils are arranged lengthwise into bundles — like the filaments in a fiber-optic cable — which give meat its distinctive grain.
    J. Kenji López-Alt, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
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“Longitudinally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longitudinally. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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