expanses

NOUN

large space, usually open

Synonyms

STRONGEST

plain stretch tract wilderness

STRONG

amplitude area belt breadth compass distance domain extension extent field immensity latitude length margin orbit radius range reach region remoteness room scope span sphere spread sweep territory width

WEAK

uninterrupted space

Antonyms

STRONG

extreme height limitation

Example Sentences

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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

But its endless expanses have been swept by panic since an outbreak of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease, which was declared a national disaster in February.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 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

Nowhere does that make more sense than in the frozen expanses of the Arctic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

She passed concrete plains, vast expanses cracked by thrusting grasses.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld