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protracted

verb
/pɹəˈtɹæk.tɪd/

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of protract

  2. Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

    • a protracted and bitter dispute
    • ... inheritance of protracted misery ...

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at protracted. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at protracted. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at protracted

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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