DRAGGING (OUT) Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

dragging (out)

verb

present participle of drag (out)

as in lengthening

to make longer pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour

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Longini explained that climate change is increasing mosquito populations and lengthening their active seasons, contributing to dengue’s spread globally.

— Alex DeLuca, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
In both countries, falling fertility rates and lengthening lifespans keep worsening the fiscal picture.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of lengthening

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This year, Democrats would seem to have an advantage drawing out voters, given the general anti-Trump mood.

— Dan Simmons, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
Senate race Collins has stuck by Trump in a political bet that drawing out Georgia's MAGA base will give him his best shot at winning in November.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of drawing out

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But the company’s stock has gone nowhere over the past two years, as Instacart struggled to find new paths to growth while facing increasing competition from Amazon and Walmart’s grocery-delivery offerings.

— Rob Wile, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
For a while, the music hangs there, pieces echoing each other with increasing intensity.

— Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of increasing

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Shares of CoreWeave plunged 10% on Thursday, extending their monthly decline to 36%, while Australia's NextDC tumbled nearly 40% on Wednesday after cutting its earnings forecast.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
The approval of daraxonrasib, a new life-extending drug for pancreatic cancer, is the biggest advance in decades against a notoriously hard-to-treat disease.

— STAT Staff, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of extending

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Like several other important fossils previously sold at auction, Jodi comes from Hell Creek Formation, a geological boneyard stretching across Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
He was noticed stretching on the sideline and trying to keep his back loose with trainers, but to no avail.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of stretching

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dragging (out)

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