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as in long
of great extent from end to end
she used a lengthy piece of rope to tie her dog to a tree
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as in far
lasting for a considerable time
the store manager gives new associates a lengthy sermon on the evils of shoplifting
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Recent Examples of lengthy
But the space lacked the infrastructure for a restaurant and required lengthy buildouts, new plumbing and other operational necessities such as oven hoods and new air conditioners.
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
The outperformance follows a lengthy period of stagnant revenue growth and lagging share price for Honeywell.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Grandma Kris Jenner also shared a lengthy tribute in her birthday post for her grandsons.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Much of the money was sent to organizations with a lengthy history of providing mental health and drug addiction services, but millions more were funneled to questionable organizations, including some located outside the city.
—John Frank, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
The outperformance follows a lengthy period of stagnant revenue growth and lagging share price for Honeywell.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Grandma Kris Jenner also shared a lengthy tribute in her birthday post for her grandsons.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Much of the money was sent to organizations with a lengthy history of providing mental health and drug addiction services, but millions more were funneled to questionable organizations, including some located outside the city.
—John Frank, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for lengthy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lengthy
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That’s how many days the longest government shutdown—which ran from Dec. 21, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019—lasted.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Then-President Trump and lawmakers reached a deal shortly after that to end the shutdown, the longest funding lapse in the United States.Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Another catchy song with elongated, ethereal harmonies that capture the temptation of infidelity.Bryan West, The Tennessean, 18 Apr. 2024
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Worm lizards are well adapted for underground life, with elongated bodies, reduced or no limbs, rudimentary eyes and tough, ring-like scales.Newsweek, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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Some feature high waists to elongate legs or pleats to conjure old-school élan worthy of Cary Grant.Charlie Teasdale, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
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The fragment, which was cleaved from its fecal parent with a pair of wire cutters, resembles a chunk of light-colored concrete with darker, elongate inclusions that Chin recognizes as bone.Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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“Lengthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lengthy. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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