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  • 41United States Air Force — USAF redirects here. For other uses, see USAF (disambiguation). The U.S. Air Force redirects here. For the song, see The U.S. Air Force (song). United States Air Force …

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  • 42Marimba — This article is about the musical instrument. For other uses, see Marimba (disambiguation). Marimba Marimba, model Antonko AMC 12 Classification Percussion instrument (Idiophone) …

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  • 43Kite control systems — Kite types, kite mooring, and kite applications result in a wide variety of kite control systems; contemporary manufacturers, kite athletes, kite pilots, scientists, and engineers are expanding kite control systems. Single line kite control… …

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  • 44R. v. Askov — SCCInfoBox case name=R. v. Askov full case name=Elijah Anton Askov, Ralph Hussey, Samuel Gugliotta and Edward Melo v. Her Majesty The Queen heard date=March 23, 1990 decided date=October 18, 1990 citations= [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1199 docket=20560… …

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  • 45stretch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. extend, lengthen, spread, expand, increase; stretch out, sprawl; informal, exaggerate, strain, force. n. expansion, reach, range; length, field, expanse; elasticity; long run, distance, home or… …

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  • 46play out — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause (a line) to become longer and less taut: unreel, unroll, unwind. See GIVE. 2. To use all of: consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, run through, spend, use up. Informal: polish off. See …

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  • 47lengthening — length·en·ing || leÅ‹(k)θənɪŋ n. act or process of making longer; act of becoming longer adj. causing to increase in length length·en || leŋθən v. make longer; become longer; stretch; further; extend …

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  • 48Telephone number — A telephone number or phone number is a sequence of digits used to call from one telephone line to another in a public switched telephone network. When telephone numbers were invented, they were short as few as one, two or three digits and were… …

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  • 49lengthen — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make longer] Syn. extend, stretch, reach, elongate, protract, prolongate, prolong, distend, dilate, amplify, draw out, expand, augment, proceed, continue, string out*, let out*; see also increase 1 . Ant. decrease*,… …

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  • 50elongate — e|lon|gate [ˈi:lɔŋgeıt US ıˈlo:ŋ ] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: elongatus, past participle of elongare to make longer ] to become longer, or make something longer than normal ▪ Her legs were elongated by the very high heels… …

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