as in to lengthen
to make longer
the actor refused to draw out the interview any further
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Recent Examples of draw out
Like other whole spices, bay leaves can also be bloomed in hot fat to draw out the depth of their flavor.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
While salting before boiling helps enhance the overall moisture of the potatoes, salting while mashing can draw out that moisture, leading to a slightly drier or grainier texture.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
Their confirmation hearings, anticipated in January, could be drawn out by witness testimony.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
All this comes down to Eggers’s skill at drawing out aural and visual textures from his team’s impeccable period-specific production design.
—Bob Sassone, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
While salting before boiling helps enhance the overall moisture of the potatoes, salting while mashing can draw out that moisture, leading to a slightly drier or grainier texture.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
Their confirmation hearings, anticipated in January, could be drawn out by witness testimony.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
All this comes down to Eggers’s skill at drawing out aural and visual textures from his team’s impeccable period-specific production design.
—Bob Sassone, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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The speaker election is often a formality, with one simple round of voting, but in 2023, a pair of prolonged elections, in January and October, lengthened the usually quick process.Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Dec. 2024
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Brunson and Towns are confounding opposing defenses in two-man action, and this starting lineup can comfortably go five out to lengthen and distort the floor.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
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For an additional $1, players can add the Megaplier to potentially increase their winnings outside of the jackpot.Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2024
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Back in their home town of Memphis, the band half-heartedly worked up a few new songs and fought among themselves with increasing ferocity.Mitch Therieau, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
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Freeze watches and cold advisories extend to northern Florida and southeast Georgia.Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Trump had called for the federal debt ceiling to be removed or extended to 2029, neither of which featured in Friday's legislation.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Zoom in: The iron arch stretches across San Diego Avenue at Twiggs Street welcoming visitors to the state historic park that marks the birthplace of California.Kate Murphy, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
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The buttery yellow ramparts encircling the center of Avignon stretch 2.6 miles and are notched with arrow slits and gaps for dumping boiling water or cooking oil on attackers below.Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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There is a chance, however, that extra games will be added because of how the altercation became prolonged.Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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The immediate reason for that is that Benjamin Netanyahu needs to prolong the ghastly war in Gaza to avoid standing trial at home on corruption charges which carry a prison sentence.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Draw out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20out. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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