scopes

[skohps] / skoʊps /

NOUN

extent or range of something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

breadth capacity extension opportunity outlook purview sphere

STRONG

ambit amplitude area compass comprehensiveness confines field freedom fullness latitude leeway liberty margin orbit play radius reach room run space span wideness

WEAK

elbow room field of reference

Antonyms

STRONG

extreme imprisonment incarceration limitation restraint restriction

Example Sentences

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Through partial grants, the fund ended up involved with legendary American court cases like the Scopes trial, the Ossian Sweet trial, Brown vs.

From Los Angeles Times

It seems the administration and its allies in Congress want to set the United States back a century — back to the time of the Scopes trial.

From Salon

The following year, he defended a Tennessee schoolteacher named John Scopes who was accused of teaching evolution.

From Los Angeles Times

As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they aged.

From Science Daily

Ironic that the city of Dayton, Tenn., was the site of the Scopes trial, something one feels the current Dayton, Wash., anti-library protesters would approve of.

From Seattle Times