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Example Sentences
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At the individual level, you may extract much more or much less than you paid in, depending on accidents such as your life span.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Robinhood customers who sell IPO shares within 30 days will be restricted from participating in future IPOs for a 60-day span.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The songs in question span genres, decades and continents, and include new artists, unsung heroes and more.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The allegations against Sullivan from seven women span decades, starting in the 1980s.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Of course, any choice of a starting date for the history of science is arbitrary, and my own account is restricted geographically, as well as in the time span it covers.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing span
President Obama's Speech at Hiroshima
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Civil Engineering
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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