prolonged; prolonging; prolongs
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Additives are used to prolong the shelf life of packaged food.
High interest rates were prolonging the recession.
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The actors, who met while making the 2005 action film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, were eventually declared legally single by a judge in 2019 as the divorce and custody battle prolonged.
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Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
The country’s new leaders must recognize that a failure to meet the international community’s expectations of political reform and transparency risks prolonging the country’s exclusion, deepening its instability, and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
—Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
And, more recently, Frank Rubio became the first American to spend more than 365 straight days in space, after he and two Russian crewmates were forced to prolong their ISS mission when their Soyuz spacecraft sprang a leak.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
What Happens Next Navarro is expected to file further appeals in the records case, potentially prolonging the legal battle.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
The country’s new leaders must recognize that a failure to meet the international community’s expectations of political reform and transparency risks prolonging the country’s exclusion, deepening its instability, and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
—Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
And, more recently, Frank Rubio became the first American to spend more than 365 straight days in space, after he and two Russian crewmates were forced to prolong their ISS mission when their Soyuz spacecraft sprang a leak.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
What Happens Next Navarro is expected to file further appeals in the records case, potentially prolonging the legal battle.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Prolong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prolong. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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prolong
verb
pro·long
prə-ˈlȯŋ 
: to make longer in time
prolonged the visit
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