Example Sentences

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This is stretching the word’s definition past its breaking point.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

The middle class is stretching every dollar by buying in bulk, or adopting tactics to save on gas, or putting items on credit.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

On a grey and wet November morning, a queue of over 150 people - which will later swell to over 400 - is stretching down Fargate in Sheffield city centre.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

A modern-day gold rush is stretching from Costco store aisles to underground vaults in London to the flickering screens of Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 15, 2025

“We have only touched the edge of that new country which is stretching out before us. The experimental study of heredity...is second to no branch of science in the magnitude of the results it offers.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee