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How to use the word extension in a Sentence? Page #4

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This kind of feels like the US domestic and global gag rule, preventing physicians from being able to talk about abortion. ... This feels like it's an extension of that.

Jody Steinauer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This is an extraordinary moment. We're seeing our country turn into a banana republic. Republicans better be careful what they wish for because a Democratic president could use the same tools President Donald Trump is to turn the White House into one big extension of his reelection campaign, if that's the direction they take, attacking the whistleblower, trying to coverup this corruption, it's a really, really said day for the country.

Chris Murphy

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The union's position is that no teacher, and by extension no student, is going to enter any of those buildings until an engineer is able to say to that those schools are structurally sound, our role is to get kids in schools so that they're not further disadvantaged or further traumatized.

Belinda Wilson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

With everything going on, it seems extremely unlikely they get to a tentative agreement by the Saturday deadline, so we get either an extension or a strike. Those are the choices.

Kristin Dziczek

Found on CNN
4 years ago

One should no more refuse to request an extension of Article 50 because of what one might regard as the noble end of departing from the EU as soon as possible, than one could excuse robbing a bank on the basis that the cash stolen would be donated to a charitable cause immediately afterwards.

John Bercow

Found on CNN
4 years ago

One should no more refuse to request an extension of Article 50 because of what one might regard as the noble end of departing from the EU as soon as possible, than one could possibly excuse robbing a bank on the basis that the cash stolen would be donated to a charitable cause immediately afterwards.

John Bercow

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We've always been committed to fitness and health -- it's what sustains us mentally and physically, creating Athleticon is a natural extension of everything we do for our global audience who are connected to the people and brands that inspire them. Whether you're at the peak of your fitness game or fighting for every gain, I can't wait to see your transformative journey at Athleticon.

Dwayne Johnson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think it would be reasonable to say that from our point of view we would be in favour of an extension that would create the space to hopefully conclude where we are, but it is a matter that needs full agreement across the European Council.

Paschal Donohoe

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There will not be another extension, we are now showing them the detail.

Dominic Raab

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Obviously, if we are at the 31st of October, that will require an extension, but I think this should be a very short, simple exercise designed to ensure we don't crash out without a deal.

Keir Starmer

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The US government's clear that this decision, made at this particular time, is politically motivated and has nothing to do with national security, these actions violate the basic principles of free market competition. They are in no one's interests, including The United States companies. ... The extension of the Temporary General License does not change the fact that Huawei has been treated unjustly.

The United

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I would argue the Trump administration sold the Afghan government out the minute they excluded the Afghan government from the talks and this US-Taliban ceasefire is just an extension of that, the US is 100 % betraying the Afghan people, the Afghan government, and the Afghan military in order to extricate The US from the country.

Bill Roggio

Found on CNN
4 years ago

So there are a lot of open questions. There will be discussions and agreements and disagreements about the vehicle to use – should it be an extension of New START, should it be something altogether new?

Russia Jon Huntsman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The conditions today are exceptionally difficult, and the primary concern of the state is and will be the protection of lives and by extension of property.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I would expect them to take a write-down if they don't get an extension.

Jennifer Rowland

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

My dad invited Rudy Kalman to give a lecture at Ames, and when he did, Dad had an epiphany, rudy Kalman had written a paper about a theoretical' linear' solution to estimating a vehicle's location and speed. The problem was that this was a fundamentally' nonlinear' problem ; that's like the difference in complexity between floating down a lazy river and going over a waterfall, where your motion becomes chaotic and unpredictable. My dad then developed the equations for how to solve this nonlinear problem -- a major extension of Kalman's work.

Greg Schmidt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I believe he fully understood my question. It was a logical extension of me getting him to establish the three elements of obstruction of justice were met and I think it's what he actually believes.

Ted Lieu

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We have actually now agreed on the spending numbers for both years, we're now working on offsets and certain structural issues and as part of this, we've agreed that there would be a long-term debt ceiling extension.

Steven Mnuchin

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The most important thing is to achieve a stable market and avoid volatility, trying to do something about the (overhanging) stocks, which are high, so I fully endorse an extension until the end of the year. I have no objection if there is consensus for the nine months.

Iraqi Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We will support the extension, both Russia and Saudi Arabia. As far as the length of the extension is concerned, we have yet to decide whether it will be six or nine months. Maybe it will be nine months.

Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The prime function of the criminal law is to protect our persons and our property; these purposes are now engulfed in a mass of other distracting, inefficiently performed, legislative duties. When the criminal law invades the spheres of private morality and social welfare, it exceeds its proper limits at the cost of neglecting its primary tasks. This unwarranted extension is expensive, ineffective, and criminogenic.

Norval Morris

added by Normando
4 years ago

If you don't have an idea of what you're going to do to replace NATO AWACS, then the 'F' in Final Lifetime Extension Programme (FLEP) can't stand for final, there will be things we need to do to the NATO E-3A fleet to keep it flying past 2040.

George Riebling

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The stairs are just an extension of those freedoms, we are champions of human rights and LGBTQIA + rights are included in that.

Stephanie Tumbaga

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There are many arguments both in favor of the extension and against it, of course, we need price stability and predictability, this is good.

Anton Siluanov

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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