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Example Sentences
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By contrast, all other industries combined lost an average of 43,000 jobs a month during that span.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
The number of homeless students in Los Angeles County is surging, with thousands more unhoused in the span of a single school year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
In the Himalayas, which span Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and China, the impact of a lake burst can be particularly destructive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
These cans contained fillets from four species collected over a 42-year span in the Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
Pax watched for a while longer to be certain the war-sick were occupied, then crossed over the remaining span of rushing water along a fallen tree.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.