adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
prolonged/protracted (= very long )
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Despite protracted negotiations, the two sides have failed to reach agreement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
negotiation
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After protracted negotiations in July 1845 twenty cases of drawings were delivered to the Galleries.
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Three years of long and protracted negotiations characterized the proposals for an indoor-events arena.
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After protracted negotiations , it was agreed that a day a week would be devoted to the task.
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This takes time and the heads are not the appropriate forum for protracted negotiations .
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The bid follows protracted negotiations between the two groups about a possible merger.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After a bloody and protracted struggle, the "Mau-Mau" fighters forced Britain to grant independence.
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There was a protracted silence before Lydia spoke again.
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There was a protracted silence, after which Lydia said quietly, 'I'm to inherit all the money -- you'll get nothing.'
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This marks the first day of what is likely to be a protracted and bitter courtroom battle.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above all, he had to speed up the protracted constitutional timetable of his predecessor.
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Firms and institutions which are otherwise financially sound could be hard hit by a protracted run of debt defaults.
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In due course the conspirators were taken to Edinburgh, subjected to protracted torture, and finally beheaded.
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It can help avoid expensive and protracted litigation.
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It was going to be another protracted day; he had to stay alert and miss nothing.
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Otherwise the reign is distinctive for the want of evidence of royal pressure and of protracted vacancies.
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The only other clear winners from a protracted contest would be both firms' lawyers.
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There were protracted delays in their trial until they appeared before a magistrate in Liverpool on February 9 last year.