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expanse

[ik-spans] / ɪkˈspæns /


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Befitting the brothers’ upbringing, the group’s music has tended to have a bucolic air, suggesting rolling hills and dark forests rather than the urban expanse more common to its genre.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Sculpted into the eastern landscape, a series of stone terraces with a bluestone bar directly overlook Greenwich Cove and the vast protected expanse of Greenwich Point Park.”

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

On Thursday, his administration unveiled plans to transform one of the capital’s unassuming municipal golf courses into a luxe, 18-hole expanse that could someday host major tournaments.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

They are everyday folk poised on the sublime, a leap into the expanse just pages away.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Even the wide expanse of stars normally visible in the unpolluted winter sky was hidden behind rain clouds on that gloomy day.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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