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The phrase "are though to extend" is not correct in English.
Did you mean "are thought to extend"? You can use the corrected phrase when discussing beliefs or assumptions about the extent of something, typically in a scientific or analytical context.
Example: "These species are thought to extend their range further north due to climate change."
Alternatives: "are believed to extend" or "are considered to extend".
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Interventions that alter intermediary metabolism are though to extend longevity by preserving the balance between energy production and free radical production [ 1, 5, 6].
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The students, though, were prepared to extend the performance.
WHEN IT MIGHT BE RESOLVED There is a chance that hearings may be completed next week — though they are more likely to extend until the end of March.
In hustingspeak, the Lib Dems will be accused of wanting to "abandon our nuclear deterrent", though actually they are prepared to extend the life of the present Trident system while putting it on the table in Barack Obama's multilateral nuclear disarmament talks.
The accounts are free for a month and cost $20 to $50 a month thereafter, though all three sites are willing to extend the trial for serious investors.
That's not a courtesy Pegida are willing to extend to Muslims, though.
The long-term effect, though, was to extend its existing debt, some of which would have been retired by 2015, until 2032 at a cost of a $1 billion a year.
The annual standoff over the enactment of 13 spending bills needed to keep the government running is once again going down to the wire, though Congress is poised to extend the time limit.
Last week, the president played it sly, acting as though he was willing to extend the commission's deadline to finish the work that was taking longer because the administration was stonewalling.
This makes it difficult to accurately predict weather more than a few days in advance, though weather forecasters are continually working to extend this limit through the scientific study of weather, meteorology.
Government assistance will provide most of the families financial support for the first year of their residency in Canada — though there have been calls to extend that time period — or until the migrants can begin earning a living wage.
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