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- adjective Common misspelling of
prolonged .
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Examples
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Here Obama is talking about a system outside the military commissions and outside the justice system that will hold people indefinitely or "prolongued" detention, in Obama’s euphemism, that he’ll design… from scratch.
Boo Bush’s Ad-Hoc-Ism! Yay Obama’s Ad-Hoc-ism! | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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Captains have a significant amount of ground truth to offer a war effort — which is one of the reasons why the Army is deeply concerned about the stress of prolongued war leading to an exodus of captains.
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The only time when I agree with suicide is when a person is in excruciating and prolongued pain that cannot be cured is suicide or euthanasia acceptable.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Diary #94: “Who owns you?” 2007
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It was stupid, communist leaning activists and agitators in the West - like him - who prolongued and complicated the war.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Yet if Abu Zubaydah is to be believed, during this period he was subjected to a cold cell, prolongued nudity, prolongued shackling, constant noise, and what appears to be the manipulation of his sleep patterns.
Abu Zubaydah and Ali Soufan: Discrepancies? | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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There seems a difference between a single air raid and a prolongued campaign, but each seem quite likely to destabilise the region and risk a full-scale war.
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I really do think the potential ‘prolongued detainees’ are just the scary ones, whatever makes them scary.
Uh, Which Civil Liberties Groups Pushed For A ‘Prolonged Detention’ Executive Order? | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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There seems a difference between a single air raid and a prolongued campaign, but each seem quite likely to destabilise the region and risk a full-scale war.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Items like this should never have prolongued skin contact.
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I agree that they have a right to be able to go places, but when they're preventing the other patrons from having a conversation or hearing a movie for prolongued periods of time, they shouldn't be there.
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