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extend (out)

verb

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as in to stick out

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In scores of pictures online, she is rendered as a red-haired goddess, her bright tongue stuck out from an unnerving smile.

— Sam Kestenbaum, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Those games weren’t solely on the pass rush, but the sack numbers stick out.

— Mark Long, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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The bank ultimately experienced more than $40 billion of deposit outflows on March 9, 2023; management actually projected that requests would exceed $100 billion the following day.

— Erik Clarke, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Industry experts project that overturning the Roadless Rule could lead to a five to ten percent boost in federal timber sales.

— Kirk Siegler, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026

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