Synonyms for prolonging
pro·long·ing

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1. List of paraphrases for "prolonging":

   extending, extend, lengthening

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1. Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

   We believe that there will be no losers in a just peace. Prolonging the conflict is not in anyone’s interest.

2. Chris Doyle:

   The designation of the Houthis as a terrorist organization will not help this conflict be resolved in any sense, and actually risks prolonging it, there are risks that the Houthi hardliners will feel empowered to turn towards Iran more. They will be unwilling to engage in diplomatic processes or backchannels to Saudi Arabia.

3. Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso:

   The prolonging of trade tensions and policy uncertainties pose a serious risk to the global economy by undermining private investment, disrupting global supply chains and weakening productivity growth.

4. Lonnie Bunch:

   The Sao Jose is all the more significant because it represents one of the earliest attempts to bring East Africans into the trans-Atlantic slave trade -- a shift that played a major role in prolonging that tragic trade for decades.

5. Simon Newell:

   For some, continuing life-sustaining treatment is simply prolonging suffering in the face of the inevitable, for (some) babies, no treatment is going to cure them and their quality of life is non-existent.