Synonyms for stretching
stretch·ing

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1. stretchingnoun

   act of expanding by lengthening or widening

   Synonyms:
   stretch

2. stretch, stretchingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   stint, reach, stretchiness, stretch, stretchability, reaching

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1. • Exercise
   • Expansion

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1. stretchingnoun

   Synonyms:
   tension, distension, extension, porrection, pandiculation, intension

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1. List of paraphrases for "stretching":

   stretch, extending

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1. Kristi Noem:

   This is our problem, and together, we need to get on it, it is filling our jails and prisons, clogging our court systems, and stretching our drug treatment capacity while destroying people and their families.

2. Danielle Lindemann:

   It may seem absurd to us that these women are wearing sequined evening gowns, with faces full of makeup at 10 a.m., eyelashes stretching out to infinity, but we're doing what they're doing in a more muted way every day.

3. General Manager:

   From my end, it'll be, he'll show up like everybody else, he'll be in his hitting group and his fielding group, stretching, all that stuff, conditioning side of it. It'll be no different from our end.

4. Author Unknown:

   Too many people confine their exercise to jumping to conclusions, running up bills, stretching the truth, bending over backward, lying down on the job, sidestepping responsibility and pushing their luck.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   You can make an argument, and some people are, about stretching out the doses by giving a single dose across the board, and hoping you’re going to get the second dose in time to give to individuals.