Definition of "continuation" []

• The act or fact of continuing. (noun)
• The state of being continued. (noun)
• An extension by which something is carried to a further point. (noun)
• A resumption after an interruption. See Usage Note at continuance. (noun)

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• "Offering the Republican response, California Rep. Kevin McCarthy criticized what he called the continuation of a "stimulation strategy that's led to more debt and fewer jobs.""
• "He says extending the American training effort into the next presidency would require the deployment of tens of thousands of our troops, which he calls a continuation of the occupation of Iraq."
• "President Obama accused Iran's leaders of hypocrisy for first encouraging the protests in Egypt, which they described as a continuation of Iran's own revolution, and then cracking down on Iranians who used the pretext to come out on the streets."