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Example Sentences

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The property spans just over 4,100 square feet and features four bedrooms, as well as more than half an acre of land.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

His history with Mexico spans practically an entire generation of fans.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The site plan calls for a campus that spans almost six times the size of University of Texas at Austin’s main campus.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

SoftBank’s reach spans a $64 billion investment in OpenAI, plans for a massive fleet of data centers, robotics and its chip company Arm that has surged in valuation after an AI pivot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Newspaper journalists, mindful of their readers’ attention spans, sometimes go to the other extreme and dice their text into nanoparagraphs consisting of a sentence or two apiece.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker