Meaning of stretch the envelope | Babel Free

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Synonym of push the envelope.

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“We gratefully acknowledge the contributors whose courage and commitment to a multicultural education not only bring hope and possibility to the multicultural terrain but continue to stretch the envelope of praxis in that terrain.”

“Throughout the 1980s, advanced latex special effects processes allowed directors like David Cronenberg, Brian Yuzna, and Clive Barker to stretch the envelope of onscreen surrealism with a previously impossible ease.”

“In a private physician's office, doctors stretch the envelope (although this can become a concern to the state medical board, since that is the only oversight).”

“NPD programs that stretch the envelope are fraught with questions and unknowns. However, the NPD process includes mechanisms for converting unknowns and issues into reliable information and data, and resolvable situations.”

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