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伸ばす is an exact match with one form of the following word:
伸ばす
BOOST
Reading : のばす   
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to grow long (e.g. hair, nails)  (esp. 伸ばす)
2. to lengthen; to extend; to stretch
3. to reach out; to hold out  (esp. 伸ばす)
4. to straighten; to smooth out
5. to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.)
6. to dilute; to thin out
7. to postpone  (esp. 延ばす)
8. to prolong
9. to strengthen; to develop; to expand
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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伸ばす is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 29,000 (about 20,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3324 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5114
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
その
うえ
しめ
ばしても
ていしゅつ
提出
していない
から
おこ
っている
わけ
On top of that I extended the deadline and he still hasn't submitted it, so of course I'm angry.
ばそ
あせ
らなくて
いい
Don't worry about making lots of sales.
ばし
かれ
かた
たたいた
I reached for and tapped his shoulder.
延ばす
BOOST
Reading : のばす   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 89,000 (about 2,590,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1682 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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のばす
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 85,000 (about 2,860,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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シン   のびる to grow   のばす to stretch, to let grow   のべる to lay out (a futon)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シン   もう to say   
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stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
エン   のばす to prolong, lengthen   のびる to be delayed, postponed   のべる to postpone   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
long stride
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