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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
The Moscow City Court's decision on Tuesday to reject his appeal cements this lengthy sentence.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
The county's election process is also being monitored by the U.S. Department of Justice, a decision made before morning delays and incident reports, following a series of lengthy investigations in Louisville and other areas in the state.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
Footage from Michael was shared at CinemaCon in April, where King revealed that the movie will include 30 songs and have a lengthy run time, in order to do justice to Jackson’s story.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
At another Trump barn burner, the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson digressed into a lengthy pornographic reverie about a father spanking his daughter.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
The county's election process is also being monitored by the U.S. Department of Justice, a decision made before morning delays and incident reports, following a series of lengthy investigations in Louisville and other areas in the state.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
Footage from Michael was shared at CinemaCon in April, where King revealed that the movie will include 30 songs and have a lengthy run time, in order to do justice to Jackson’s story.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
At another Trump barn burner, the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson digressed into a lengthy pornographic reverie about a father spanking his daughter.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
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Inigo San Felix / National Geographic Using measuring tape, scientists found that the coral colony spans about 111 feet wide, 104 feet long and 18 feet high — large enough to fit two full-size basketball courts side by side and longer than the world’s largest animal, the blue whale.Peter Guo, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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But that logic can escape state transportation executives oriented toward longer, intercity trips instead of shorter, intracity ones, as well as highway engineers trained to focus on maximizing the speed of all vehicles, regardless of how many people are inside them.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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Going in a head-to-toe, monochromatic OOTD creates an elongated look while punctuating a palette of neutrals with a pop of burgundy is also a fun way to play the trend.Jane Hanson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Though the elongated, horizontal silhouette is undoubtedly a classic, the east-west style has a flirty edge, perhaps thanks to its smaller size or ability to complete an evening look.Angela Law, refinery29.com, 29 Feb. 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 22 Nov. 2024.
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