Extending
Both words in one sentence
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It's a dart gun mounted on the back of the hand, and fired by extending your index finger and touching the barrel.
Source: Arm Cannon -
The Polar Lander crashed on landing because on-board software detected a jolt while extending its landing gear, interpreted this jolt incorrectly as the landing pads touching the ground, and shut off the engines.
Source: Useful Notes / NASA
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Touching and Extending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extending/touching
Extending & Touching. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/extending/touching>.
Touching or Extending. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/extending/touching.
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