as in lengthens
to make longer
would like to prolong our vacation by any means possible
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Recent Examples of prolongs
Bottling those difficult emotions up only prolongs stress.
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Bj Coleman, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Hand-washing prolongs the life of your pots and pans and protects the nonstick surface.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Such backward thinking prolongs air pollution from motor vehicles, unlike the clean travel of the electric train.
—Tad Weber, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Bj Coleman, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Hand-washing prolongs the life of your pots and pans and protects the nonstick surface.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Such backward thinking prolongs air pollution from motor vehicles, unlike the clean travel of the electric train.
—Tad Weber, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prolongs
Verb
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While ChatGPT may initially recommend suicide hotlines, the AI could later give harmful answers as the conversation lengthens.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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Kneeling Lunge with Side Bend This move lengthens your iliopsoas, a muscle group that helps flex the hips and connects to the lower back.—
Jenny McCoy,
Outside,
31 Aug. 2025
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With its calculatedly severe form, the film both distills and extends melodrama to avant-garde extremes.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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The vision extends beyond test prep.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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And the alloy wheels are an inch smaller, which increases the range to 288 miles (464 km).—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Every decision either increases your freedom or decreases it.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Prolongs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolongs. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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