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breadth

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




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

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

It said the feud covered "the length and breadth of the country" before there was "a clear and obvious downturn in activity."

From BBC Jul. 13, 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

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

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

At greater distances they became much more sensible, but kept very nearly the same proportion of their breadths and intervals which they had at their first appearing.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

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 Durrant, Stephen D.

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




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