breadth
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Widdecombe's death and the desire from Farage to discuss the safety of all Reform politicians highlight the breadth of the challenge the authorities face in assessing the threat to those in public life.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
That breadth is particularly notable given how closely Graham became associated with Trump during the president’s two terms in office.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Market breadth and market leadership are two very different things, Stockton said, outlining that semiconductor stocks have had particularly narrow leadership.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
It seems daunting dialing in that depth and breadth within “The Pitt’s” hour-by-hour format.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Their boards barely a hand’s breadth above the housetops, the patterns of shingles passed underneath hypnotically.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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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
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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 or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Alcott, Louisa May
No girl could help grasping at it eagerly, and while Blanche studied the part, she, the mother, would baste up some breadths of satin she had by her into a court dress.
From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara
At concerts, many dresses are seen either with flounces or apron-shaped fronts; that is to say, the front breadth has a much richer pattern, and different from the other breadths of the skirt.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
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