expanse
Example Sentences
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But for Angelenos seeking adventure — and even solitude — a vast forested expanse awaits.
From Los Angeles Times
Nowhere does that make more sense than in the frozen expanses of the Arctic.
Steph Sarah recalls a time in Venice Beach’s mythical skateboarding history — long before the sandy expanse on Ocean Front Walk became the world-famous skate park, a concrete playground where pro skaters are born.
From Los Angeles Times
The water that flows down irrigation canals to some of the West’s biggest expanses of farmland comes courtesy of the federal government for a very low price — even, in some cases, for free.
From Los Angeles Times
The push for power supremacy is transforming remote expanses of Inner Mongolia, a Texas-like landscape of wide-open spaces now dotted with thousands of wind turbines and crisscrossed by transmission lines.
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