as in long
lasting for a considerable time
a marathon study session the night before the exam
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Recent Examples of marathon
Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Deal talks often stretch into odd hours and unpredictable schedules, becoming marathon sessions.
—Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Doug Feinberg, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The Padres are aware that Tatis sustaining his current level is unrealistic, at least throughout a 162-game marathon.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The marathon course traces the Great Wall’s Huangyaguan section but also dips into local villages.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Deal talks often stretch into odd hours and unpredictable schedules, becoming marathon sessions.
—Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
The union started asking for 40% of gross revenue and had come down to 26% before the marathon in-person bargaining sessions.
—Doug Feinberg, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The Padres are aware that Tatis sustaining his current level is unrealistic, at least throughout a 162-game marathon.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marathon
Adjective
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Air space closures have required rerouting flights around parts of the Middle East, which can mean longer routes, additional fuel burn and higher operating costs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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Travelers should expect long delays.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Mar. 2026
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Tristan is the ultramarathon of opera roles, long and punishing, and not many tenors carry it off with such unflagging grace.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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At the 2025 Western States, one of the premier ultramarathons in the world, Caleb Wilson won the men’s race while wearing both the Radical AirFlow and ACG Ultrafly.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The same attorney who had once urged the faster consideration of the dog beach project eventually bristled at the Zoning Board of Appeals as its lengthy questioning wore on.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Windley, a heroin dealer with a lengthy criminal record, headed to the store with cash that day, ready to buy a stove.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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In a 2026 governor’s race that is this fluid, this early, and this important, the voters should do the choosing, not the ivory tower.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 2026
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Entrepreneur and athlete Jesse Itzler has logged more than 50,000 lifetime miles and credits the Galloway Method for completing 100-mile races without ever dropping out.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Women compete at the same distances in running and swimming and other endurance sports, including triathlon, and do so now in cross-country skiing.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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And with the help of her swimming buddy/husband, and a tandem bike, Kate Varns did the impossible once again — finishing a YMCA triathlon.—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Toyota supported Andrea Eskau, the German Paralympic skier who won gold in the 6km biathlon and silver in the 5km cross-country at the 2014 Sochi Games, at age 42.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Zaino will also compete in the biathlon (skiing and shooting).—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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Freshman Liisa-Maria Lusti became the second Oregon woman to win the pentathlon — first since Brianne Theisen-Eaton in 2012 — with a season-best 4,498 points.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The 29-year-old went to Baylor and competed for the school’s track and field team and earned All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish in the decathlon in 2016.—
José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Today’s birthdays: Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bill Toomey is 87.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Marathon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marathon. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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