breadth
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Rethinking the fractured and overly extensive breadth of the paddock and pits complex - which covers a vastly greater distance than anywhere else - would also be a good idea.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The cataloged facts of her age, place of birth, and marital status suggest the breadth of a life he does not know, and he is seized with the curiosity to find her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"If something feels risky, try and do it as you'll learn more from it and it'll build breadth around your CV that you didn't have previously."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
This is a crucial distinction because many commentators in effect have been focusing only on the breadth of Wall Street’s bullishness, and concluding that a top must be near.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The power of almost all animals depends on their bodies: the strength of their muscles, the size of their teeth, the breadth of their wings.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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
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
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
Skull: Long and slender; rostrum long and narrow; zygomatic and mastoidal breadths slight; palatal pits deep; upper incisors narrow; basioccipital wide.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Stephen D. Durrant
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