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  1. drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protractedadjective

    relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

    "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"

    Antonyms:
    short

    Synonyms:
    lengthened, lengthy, prolonged, extensive, elongated, extended, drawn-out

How to use protracted in a sentence?

  1. Lynnette Khalfani-Cox:

    It's nobody's job individually to act as a financial Hercules. You don't have to single-handedly hold up the U.S. economy, right now, we just don't know how protracted this crisis will be, and more people will be better off conserving cash.

  2. Liu Youbin:

    Weather conditions last month in Beijing were the worst over the past six years with slow wind, little rain and high temperatures, but average pollution readings were able to stay at same level as the past five years, the air pollution campaign has entered a stage of stalemate, as Chairman Mao described in his famous book 'On Protracted War'... The efforts we made have sometimes been offset by unfavorable weather, and it will take time for us to slip the leash of weather conditions to win the war.

  3. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

    We can avoid years and years of protracted civil litigation.

  4. Thursday Lockhart:

    It’s too early to sound the 'all clear,' elevated and protracted uncertainty will not help growth prospects of an economy constrained by low business fixed investment...Uncertainty that reduces business fixed investment activity is not helpful.

  5. Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev:

    I am convinced that the period of low commodity prices will be protracted, one needs to fear that there will be( an oil price) of $ 20 or $ 15. By the logic of markets the bigger the fall today, the larger the rebound tomorrow, and this isn't the biggest risk.

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