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Example Sentences
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There was a striking seriousness to the whole performance, which spanned from just past 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The property spanned more than 8,600 square feet when Lopez purchased it; however, she is understood to have added even more space to the property during her renovations.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
The musician, who died Monday at age 95, honed a deeply individual sound on his horn and penned several jazz standards in a career that spanned more than half a century.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
It spanned styles, backgrounds and generations - from local lad Max Jones getting the party started on the Introducing stage to Fatboy Slim finishing it on the main one.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
But its eight-hundred-year existence spanned one of the most exciting times in American history.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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