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has elongated

  • present perfect of elongate (3rd person singular).

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The spider has elongated structures extending from its abdomen and a pale coloration that gives it the appearance of fungal growth.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

Their eyeball has elongated with age, causing images to focus in front of their retina.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

It’s true, my meter sprawled a bit at the finish, but that’s nothing to how “Downton Abbey” has elongated this particular plotline.

From New York Times Jan. 3, 2016

Jackie has elongated a genre that had grown pretty stale.

From Time Magazine Archive

To attempt to tell the story in better words than Shakespeare would occur to no one but Miss Braddon, who has epitomised Sir Walter, or to Canon Farrar, who has elongated the Gospels.

From Obiter Dicta by Birrell, Augustine