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extent

[ik-stent] / ɪkˈstɛnt /


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To the extent that you were already not familiar: Our man wakes up every day and wings it with whatever international chess pieces are available to him.

From Slate Jul. 25, 2026

“The abuse of animals will never be tolerated, and anyone who engages in violence or neglect against animals will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said Orange County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Available clinical records did not provide enough detail to determine the severity, extent, or duration of the alopecia.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

"If it is linked to the number of matches he starts then, to a certain extent, Villa are in control under those circumstances," Maguire added.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Unlike the Western universe, the Hindu cosmos was infinite in extent; beyond our own universe were innumerable other universes.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

That's invariably wrong, in different directions and to different extents, and it has to be reconciled in subsequent years.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

All three regions subsidize EV purchases to varying extents.

From Barron's Dec. 3, 2025

Last year also saw Antarctic sea ice extents reach record lows for the time of year in eight different months, including all-time daily and monthly lows in February.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2024

Locating these moraines enabled the researchers to map older glacier extents before pilots took their first flyover photos in the early 1930s.

From Science Daily Nov. 9, 2023

Large extents of forest including those of Rouvray, Bonde and Elbeuf, spread themselves over the high ground to the west.

From Normandy, Illustrated, Part 1 by Home, Gordon




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