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be lengthened
verb
To make longer, to extend the length of.
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(Fact: An IND station has never had to be lengthened).
Sounds may be lengthened, shortened, or reversed without mechanical means.
Legs may be lengthened or expanded to aid in camouflage.
Even that needs to be lengthened, he said.
They cannot be lengthened (short of surgery), so I have learnt to accept them.
I suggest instead that the school day and the school year be lengthened.
Brussels Airlines says its flights will be lengthened by a maximum of two minutes.
Max's little day was passing, and couldn't be lengthened by repetition.
Indeed, the menu should be lengthened by inventing new arrangements or revisiting old ones.
Then he suggested the race should be lengthened to 30 miles to make it more exciting.
The court should be lengthened and widened, he said, to accommodate the athleticism of today's players.
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