breadth
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"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
Wilson said the correction that began in June is now in the final innings, with both the S&P 500 retreating as breadth improves.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
"The Commonwealth has scale and breadth, but is also small enough for leaders to know each other and co-operate together."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Still, many of them rebounded this week after Anthropic unveiled long-awaited paperwork for an initial public offering, showcasing data about its revenue growth, profitability and breadth of customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
But there is something about the flattening of the world that is going to be qualitatively different from the great changes of previous eras: the speed and breadth with which it is taking hold.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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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
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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
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing breadth
100 SAT Words Beginning with "B"
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