Example Sentences

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The industrywide enthusiasm appears to have stretched to companies that are not yet public.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Lead times for trucks have stretched out to 3 years, from a year before COVID.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Security watchers say these overlapping pressures have stretched security resources and complicated response efforts.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

But legalized jurisdictions have stretched the meaning of “dire.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

They thought they’d be freed within a few weeks, but the weeks have stretched into months.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly