as in long
lasting for a considerable time
a marathon study session the night before the exam
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Recent Examples of marathon
Jeré Longman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Nightly prayers for the pope's health Late Monday, thousands gathered in the rain to pray for the pope's health in St. Peter's Square — setting off what will be a nightly marathon of prayers for his recovery.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
Impressions of the week: London Fashion Week has always held a unique voice in the fashion marathon.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
The adoption of the Senate resolution came after an overnight vote-a-rama: a marathon voting session on amendments that are non-binding but aimed at forcing lawmakers from both parties to go on the record about potentially contentious issues.
—Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
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The tactic of switching out pacesetters was used by Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya in breaking the two-hour barrier in the marathon in 2019.
—Jeré Longman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Nightly prayers for the pope's health Late Monday, thousands gathered in the rain to pray for the pope's health in St. Peter's Square — setting off what will be a nightly marathon of prayers for his recovery.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
Impressions of the week: London Fashion Week has always held a unique voice in the fashion marathon.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
The adoption of the Senate resolution came after an overnight vote-a-rama: a marathon voting session on amendments that are non-binding but aimed at forcing lawmakers from both parties to go on the record about potentially contentious issues.
—Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marathon
Adjective
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Since conversations about sensitive subjects can sometimes feel awkward, Hamby suggests taking advantage of long car rides to provide a more relaxed setting for open discussions.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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In Washington, President Donald Trump gave the longest address ever given to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At the finish line of the 2015 Western States Endurance Run, arguably the most famous and most prestigious American ultramarathon, the crowd suddenly became energized.—
Brendan Leonard,
Outside Online,
5 Nov. 2024
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By being both an emergency room doctor and an ultramarathon runner, La Jolla resident Russ Reinbolt sees himself as being in a position to inspire.—
Ashley Mackin-Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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The new approval process is creating lengthy wait times for agencies to onboard new hires, causing fears that those employees will go unpaid, their work will go undone, and that their personal information might be compromised.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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One theory is that a lengthy heat wave last year largely attributed to climate change and blamed for bleaching corals may have changed the algae in ocean waters, especially near the sea floor, where sawfish are often found.—
Curt Anderson,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As a result, prognosticators consider this a tight race.—
Nathaniel Rakich,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Wright referred there to the project conducted by scientists at Los Alamos during World War II to win the race with Germany to produce the first atomic bombs, a race the American scientists ultimately won.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Her travel schedule for triathlon left very little time to train specifically for cycling.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
21 Nov. 2024
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Long Beach will host triathlon and marathon swimming.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
12 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Over 500 athletes from 23 nations came together to participate in the sports tournament, which added the new winter sports of alpine skiing and snowboarding, Nordic skiing, biathlon, skeleton and wheelchair curling to its lineup for the first time.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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The current edition of Invictus is the Games' seventh cycle, where the winter sports of alpine skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing, biathlon, skeleton and wheelchair curling have been added to the roster (in addition to Invictus' core sports) for the first time.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Jenna Fee Feyerabend won the pentathlon, claiming firsts in the high jump and shot put plus second in the long jump and 60 meters.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Meet of Champions pentathlon champion (3,378) also placed fourth in New Englands with a 14.81 in the 100-meter hurdles.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
19 July 2024
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Several new sports debuted at the 1904 Games, including boxing, freestyle wrestling, decathlon and a dumbbells event.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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Tom Holland's Peter has a favorite bodega, chases bad guys through backyards, and struggles to mix superhero-ing with the academic decathlon.—
Darren Franich,
EW.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Marathon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marathon. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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