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as in exaggerated
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
it was stretching the truth to say she'd been in the movies: she was once an extra whose scene was cut in the final version
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as in lengthened
to make longer
the time it would take to fix the car got stretched from three hours to two days when the part we needed had to be ordered
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as in tried
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress
your whining is stretching my patience to the limit
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Recent Examples of stretched
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Despite this pullback, the stock still trades at a stretched nine times trailing revenue—well above its historical average of three times.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
After a contentious few weeks for city officials, Carmel passed its 2026 budget during a council meeting that stretched on for nearly four hours Monday night.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
Alongside the series of concerts, I was taken on a journey through STL’s food and art scene, with each moment revealing a new side of the city, leaving me with memories that stretched far beyond the music.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
That standoff stretched for 35 days, leading to the furlough of more than 350,000 federal workers and forcing 400,000 others to work without pay.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
With 132 players in the field and a par-71 layout now stretched to 7,421 yards, the stage is set for a high-scoring shootout.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Trottier has stretched that range’s equity into hair care, introducing shampoo and conditioner.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Tight fabrics like leggings, T-shirts, yoga pants or any fabric that is stretched against your skin, aren’t stopping mosquitoes to poke through.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
All of this lands on a middle class already stretched thin.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
America’s health care system is straining under the twin pressures of an aging population and a stretched pool of health care providers.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Despite this pullback, the stock still trades at a stretched nine times trailing revenue—well above its historical average of three times.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The interruption to food assistance next month would be one of the most consequential impacts yet of a government shutdown that has now stretched into its fourth week.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
After a contentious few weeks for city officials, Carmel passed its 2026 budget during a council meeting that stretched on for nearly four hours Monday night.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
Alongside the series of concerts, I was taken on a journey through STL’s food and art scene, with each moment revealing a new side of the city, leaving me with memories that stretched far beyond the music.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
That standoff stretched for 35 days, leading to the furlough of more than 350,000 federal workers and forcing 400,000 others to work without pay.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
With 132 players in the field and a par-71 layout now stretched to 7,421 yards, the stage is set for a high-scoring shootout.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Trottier has stretched that range’s equity into hair care, introducing shampoo and conditioner.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Tight fabrics like leggings, T-shirts, yoga pants or any fabric that is stretched against your skin, aren’t stopping mosquitoes to poke through.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
All of this lands on a middle class already stretched thin.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stretched
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Machado also pushed back on suggestions that Venezuela’s role in drug trafficking had been exaggerated to support the argument of those calling for regime change.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Blazy exaggerated the frayed hems that Coco Chanel loved into ragged edges by letting the cloth be overtaken slowly with tiny hanging strings of beads.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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Then Jandiroba pulled guard in the final minute, allowing Dern to end the fight on top and win.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Think bright and bold colors pulled from Lamborghini’s custom shades.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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His telomeres, protective caps on chromosomes, lengthened in space, only to shorten rapidly upon return.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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The median age of survival since 1970 is 29 years and, while there is no cure and physical deterioration is inevitable, advancements in care have lengthened life expectancy.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Only four minutes later, Kilman tried to pass around Aaronson, but gave it straight to the attentive No 11.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In 1985, he was tried and acquitted for the murder of his first wife.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this month, China significantly tightened its restrictions on rare earth elements, which make up a key input in semiconductors found in an array of products from cars to home appliances.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
23 Oct. 2025
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The garment tightened at the waist while the top hung relatively loosely, and the midi-length column featured a thigh-high slit.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Finasteride, prescribed for hair loss or enlarged prostate, and bicalutamide, used in prostate cancer treatment, can shift testosterone’s effects and allow breast tissue to grow.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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For those who develop enlarged hemorrhoids during pregnancy, the discomfort can feel especially impossible to ignore.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Season one may only be six episodes, but it’s padded out with meandering subplots, vague teases for a second-season mystery, and one overly long and slow-motion-dependent scene at a nightclub.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
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They better be padded up, because here comes the pain.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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That deal would come in the form of an executive order rather than a treaty requiring congressional approval, mirroring the guarantee recently extended to Qatar following Israel’s strike on a Hamas compound in Doha in September.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Through subsequent collaborations with the Huang Daopo Memorial Park and thematic workshops, the forum extended this cultural dialogue into the public’s humanistic ecosystem.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Stretched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stretched. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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