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breadth

[bredth, bretth, breth] / brɛdθ, brɛtθ, brɛθ /




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With its exhaustive narrative breadth and action set pieces that only a budget of a cool $250 million could afford, the fact that “The Odyssey” exists at all is intended to feel like a miracle.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

Founded in 2008 by Trevyn and Julian McGowan, the gallery opened a New York outpost this spring with a pair of shows that highlighted the breadth of its homeland’s creativity while extolling its culture.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Increasingly, individuals – particularly earlier in their careers, she says - want to build a breadth of experience faster, rather than follow a single, linear path.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

You want an adviser who has the financial aspirations of Warren Buffett — not the literary breadth of Ernest Hemingway.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

This underscored Bush’s esteem for the breadth of Lawrence’s scientific knowledge and his emollient managerial technique.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

John B. Read’s lighting now makes less marvelous effects from the depths and breadths of the Met stage.

From New York Times Jul. 1, 2014

Meg, who went shopping in the afternoon and got a ‘sweet blue muslin’, had discovered, after she had cut the breadths off, that it wouldn’t wash, which mishap made her slightly cross.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

So huge is the mosque that the eyes are deceived within it, and can no longer measure heights or breadths with accuracy.

From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Hichens, Robert (Robert Smythe)

The breadths of satin are put together so that the stripes meet in points at the seams.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

Suppose we could see the London milliners' bills, simply for unnecessary breadths of slip and flounce, from April to July; I wonder whether £14,000 would cover them.

From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by Ruskin, John




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