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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fourth longer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing lengths or durations, indicating that something is increased by one-fourth of its original size or time.
Example: "The new version of the software is a fourth longer than the previous one, which means it takes more time to complete the tasks."
Alternatives: "one-fourth longer" or "25% longer".
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The final triangle model contained four RNA strands: three short (A, B, and C) that were equivalent in length and a fourth longer strand, referred to as D, that formed the core of the triangle.
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I simply could not feel like this a second longer.
The Great British Sewing Bee will return for a second longer series, BBC Two has confirmed.
With each of the five attempts, I lasted a second longer.
The technology has also helped over-eating mice stay slim and live a fifth longer.
They don't like to leave these booths fallow a second longer than necessary.
He talks a second longer and the translator bursts out laughing.
The nurse furrowed her brow as she studied the first read-out, then conducted a second, longer EKG.
The S500 Guard can go from 0 to 60 in 7.3 seconds (about a second longer than an ordinary S500).
(The book would have been a third longer had wartime paper scarcity not made Rand cut the manuscript).
Twenty yards out, he knew he was going to win, and could not contain himself a second longer.
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