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breadth

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




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There has been an outpouring of messages from politicians and party leaders across the breadth of the political spectrum.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

But the strength and breadth of the surge in inflation in September has changed the equation and raised market expectations for an October rate hike to nearly 40%, up from 22% one day ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

When the market gets those inflows into laggards, breadth naturally expands.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

Even for armchair fans watching at home, the breadth and expense of television subscriptions can be a barrier to accessing sport.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

So close and yet so far, she felt as though she were in a dream; there, but not there, within a hair’s breadth but not reaching it.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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

Where the bogs are not found there are wide breadths of forests, and very interesting as well as impassable forests they are.

From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears

Suppose we could see the London milliners' bills, simply for unnecessary breadths of slip and flounce, from April to July; I wonder whether £14,000 would cover them.

From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by John Ruskin

So huge is the mosque that the eyes are deceived within it, and can no longer measure heights or breadths with accuracy.

From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Robert (Robert Smythe) Hichens


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