as in swollen
enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure
bees with abdomens distended with honey are less apt to sting
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as in swelled
to make or become larger especially because of pressure from inside
The illness can cause the stomach to distend.
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Recent Examples of distended
Kathleen Felton, Health, 9 June 2024
But for all its brawn and atmosphere and robustly choreographed combat, this is a distended historical tapestry too sprawling to remain compelling, particularly when its focus veers away from the central couple.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Chemtrails draws you into a different speed, a distended sense of time and sound.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2021
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Bloating causes your belly to feel full and look distended.
—Kathleen Felton, Health, 9 June 2024
But for all its brawn and atmosphere and robustly choreographed combat, this is a distended historical tapestry too sprawling to remain compelling, particularly when its focus veers away from the central couple.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Chemtrails draws you into a different speed, a distended sense of time and sound.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2021
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From a small area of less than one square kilometer in 1986, the vegetation expanded to nearly 12 square kilometers in 2021.Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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Having recently expanded into publishing, the Black List will be dropping further diversity lists over the next several months.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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Lieberman said weekend ridership increased the most, providing half-hourly weekend train services instead of hourly.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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The Orange Democrat’s vote percentage has gradually increased as more ballots have been counted in recent days, eroding Steel’s initial lead of approximately 11,000 votes.Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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For others, the trip is an irrelevant distraction from a cost-of-living crisis as mortgage-holders struggle to find extra cash to finance loans inflated by high interest rates.Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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The contract was fraudulently inflated by $11 million, prosecutors said.Michael R. Sisak and Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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The exhibition continually plays upon vacillations between intimacy and exposure, with one of the Torso prints of black and white buttocks enlarged and sprawling down the length of one gallery.Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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An influx of migrants in 2022 and 2023 enlarged the supply of workers and enabled rapid job growth despite an already tight labor market.Courtenay Brown, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Distended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distended. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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