as in to lengthen
to make longer
pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drag (out)
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This has lengthened container transit times by one-to-two weeks, in most instances.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Mar. 2025 -
Here in New Mexico, our growing season has lengthened since the 1970s, even as stream flows have decreased.—
Laura Paskus,
The Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2025
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Israel has also increased public funding for projects by Israeli filmmakers from West Bank settlements — the very enterprise that the film No Other Land criticizes as taking over Palestinian homes and land.—
Nuha Musleh,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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The proposal would increase the budget of the seven SODCs by about $28 million, or almost 5%.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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By Friday, Trump signed an executive order that extended the delay to all products under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA, which is a free trade agreement signed during Trump’s first term.—
Isabel Danzis,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2025
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Israel wants to extend the first phase of the deal to continue the exchange of hostages, alive and deceased, in return for the continued release of Palestinian prisoners and the flow of higher volumes of aid into Gaza – but without any commitment to permanently ending the war.—
Lauren Izso,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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No official tally of firings has been released, but the list stretches into the thousands and to nearly every part of the country.—
Matt Sedensky,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Expand The 11-player Benedictine University flag football team sat in a stretching circle just outside the walled turf field at Naperville Yard indoor sports complex on Feb. 28.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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All that is left to draw out the Redditor, ReadEmAndWeep31, who can confirm what was in the missing documents.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
13 Mar. 2025
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Powerful, important, and a testament to how applying cinematic techniques can draw out a larger truth.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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The current de facto Moroccan sovereignty only prolongs Sahrawis’ exile, and an escalation would carry steep costs for all sides.—
Hannah Rae Armstrong,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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Measles cases have risen in recent years, with 285 US cases reported last year, the most since 2019 when prolonged outbreaks among under vaccinated communities in New York threatened elimination status, according to the CDC.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Drag (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drag%20%28out%29. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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