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breadth

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




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The so-called breadth of job creation has become an increasingly important measure of the labor market’s health this year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

"The same is true of BBC Radio Wales, with, as we understand it, an equally significant reduction in the number of feature programmes, which will compromise the breadth of the programme offer."

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Still, petite SunMi Park, beaming with physical confidence and musical sensibility, gave this ballet a stirring impact, smoothly supported by Calvin Royal III, whose long, wing-like arms brought special breadth to framing his partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

“What struck me the most is the breadth of it — there are 33 million people providing financial caregiving in the U.S. That’s not a niche population,” said Gensler.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Her guilt and shame are almost a familiar comfort, compared to the depth of that sorrow and the breadth of that anger.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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

And there are being revealed breadths and depths of real religion that we had not understood.

From Religion and the War by Various

I've searched all lengths and breadths but this.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville

They are markedly smaller in every measurement taken, except zygomatic and mastoidal breadths, and extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Stephen D. Durrant


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