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                    as in expanses
                                                
              
          
                                                      a wide space or area                                       
              
                             a narrow stretch of beach below the cliffs                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in whiles
                                                
              
          
                                                      an indefinite but usually short period of time                                       
              
                             there was a cardinal at our bird feeder for a short stretch last spring                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in ranges
                                                
              
          
                                                      the distance or extent between possible extremes                                       
              
                             the stories were written over a considerable stretch of time                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in distances
                                                
              
          
                                                      the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects                                       
              
                             the longest stretch of the drive without any place to get gas                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in exaggerates
                                                
              
          
                                                      to add to the interest of by including made-up details                                       
              
                             it was stretching the truth to say she'd been in the movies: she was once an extra whose scene was cut in the final version                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in lengthens
                                                
              
          
                                                      to make longer                                       
              
                             the time it would take to fix the car got stretched from three hours to two days when the part we needed had to be ordered                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in tries
                                                
              
          
                                                      to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress                                       
              
                             your whining is stretching my patience to the limit                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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