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Something That Might Lengthen A Sentence Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PRIOR which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

adjective satellite

• earlier in time

37%7Lengthen a prison sentence
noun

• a large and unbroken expanse or distance

• the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

• a straightaway section of a racetrack

• exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

• extension to or beyond the ordinary limit

• an unbroken period of time during which you do something

• the capacity for being stretched

adjective satellite

• having an elongated seating area

• easily stretched

verb

• occupy a large, elongated area

• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• become longer by being stretched and pulled

• make long or longer by pulling and stretching

• lie down comfortably

• pull in opposite directions

• extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly

• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

• extend one's body or limbs

35%4Sentence ... or something found in a sentence
noun

• a word or expression used for some particular thing

• a limited period of time

• (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

• any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial

• one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

• the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

• (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

verb

• name formally or designate with a term

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