lengthen
verb (used with object)
to make longer; make greater in length.
lengthened
Example Sentences
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A new NASA-led study now finds that although the melt season has lengthened dramatically since satellite monitoring began, its average duration has changed relatively little since about 2010.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
We lengthened the school year, brought in hundreds of tutors, replaced 95% of principals and nearly half the teachers while retraining the rest, and embedded data-driven instruction and high expectations into daily practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
AI has the ability to accelerate analysis and speed up work — but paradoxically, it’s lengthened the process of finding the right person for an open role in many cases.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
But Schulte told the BBC's World at One programme that individual governments had to make the decision to suspend the system, not airports themselves, adding that queues lengthened while such decisions were being made.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Lee waited for a moment, but Longstreet said nothing, and the silence lengthened until at last Lee said, “You will attack on the right with the First Corps.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
