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breadth

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




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The breadth of Patekar's career showcases the wide range of his work.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The breadth and depth of AstraZeneca’s drug pipeline means those fears seem misplaced and the U.K. company is unlikely to share Roche’s fate, the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“The breadth of the rally has narrowed,” said UBS Wealth Management Chief Investment Officer Mark Haefele.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Stock market breadth started to thin in mid-August, as Treasury yields pushed higher.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

I thought it circular at first, but it proved to be eight-sided, a good thirty feet in height, and three times that in breadth.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

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 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

Paddle wheels for engines having a single crank sometimes have their floats of varying breadths, so as to keep the speed of revolution as uniform as possible.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

But time went on and on, for seven lengths and seven breadths, and yet he did not come back.

From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by P. Chr. Asbj?rnsen




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