width

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Both are around 20 miles wide, with most ships using just a small portion of that width.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Anthony, scorer of Burnley's second goal, was offside by the width of his shoulder, something he described as "disappointing".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

That interval is so brief that even light would not travel across the width of a small virus during that time.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

The most welcome technologies are those that help me contend with the lane-spanning width.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The Norse visits were instead launched from the Greenland colony, separated from North America only by the 200-mile width of Davis Strait.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond