prolong
verb (used with object)
to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer.
will prolong
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future tenseof prolong.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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His base case continues to be that the Fed chair’s challenges on inflation and bond yields, the upcoming midterm elections and the end of earnings season catalysts will prolong the near-term choppiness.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
“The D.C. Circuit’s denial will prolong ambiguities regarding whether political considerations can drive federal procurement,” said Matt Schruers, chief executive of the Computer & Communications Industry Association.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Those legal fights will prolong the Gableman investigation indefinitely, Vos said in an interview with The Associated Press.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Only 102 million people, or 7.5% of the continent's population, are fully vaccinated, according to the World Health Organization, which warned vaccine inequity will prolong the pandemic.
From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2021
They themselves are strength, and they will bring us buoyancy and freshness which will prolong youth into old age, and forbid anything to appear uninteresting or small.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren
