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expanse

[ik-spans] / ɪkˈspæns /


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“Not everything is a playoff, championship or otherwise high-profile sports event that we will naturally scour the viewing expanse we call television to find,” Corbelli said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

"It begs the question, why couldn't it have been tested to the north of the Pacific Ocean, where there is an expanse of international waters?" he said.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Julia Dawber's home overlooks an expanse of scenic coastline, and she says as many as nine campervans can park up near the shore at any one time.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

The rest was wild brush along with the vast expanse of Warnbro Bay and the Indian Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Mom puts her head on his shoulder and points to the expanse of sky in front of them.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

"What makes this pattern so fascinating is that evolution keeps arriving at similar cooperative solutions in very different groups and across vast expanses of time," says Dorus.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Once master of vast expanses of northern, central and western Africa, France has played a crucial role in the continent's post‑colonial history, repeatedly intervening militarily since the early 1960s.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

The town around the Sussexes looks like a sun-kissed version of a Windsor Estate, with green acres and wide expanses.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

New Yorkers take part in a snowball fight in Brooklyn's McCarren Park, as a major winter storm sweeps through vast expanses of the United States.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

The milpa is an elaboration of this natural situation, unlike ordinary farms, which involve singlecrop expanses of a sort rarely observed in unplowed landscapes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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