as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
awed by the vastness of the prairie
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Recent Examples of vastness
In Alaska, bush pilots often brave cruel November weather to carry ballots from the vastness of America's largest state, with some arriving after polls close.
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Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
This week will bring that fiery adrenaline into your soul, pushing you to explore the depths within, but also the vastness of the world and other people.
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Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
Cross-hatched grids in the background represent the vastness of the surrounding areas, including Burbank and Studio City.
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
These challenges are why solar sails aren't yet plying the vastness of space.
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Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
31 May 2026
Here’s a swashbuckling Zen space opera of irresistible vastness — a world large enough to colonize your imagination.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2026
The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
13 Apr. 2026
Launch is planned for July 2028, and Dragonfly will cruise for six years, plying the empty vastness between our two worlds.
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Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
The spatial vastness of Malevich is here reduced to extreme flatness.
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Katherine Rochester,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
This week will bring that fiery adrenaline into your soul, pushing you to explore the depths within, but also the vastness of the world and other people.
—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
Cross-hatched grids in the background represent the vastness of the surrounding areas, including Burbank and Studio City.
—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
These challenges are why solar sails aren't yet plying the vastness of space.
—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
31 May 2026
Here’s a swashbuckling Zen space opera of irresistible vastness — a world large enough to colonize your imagination.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2026
The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
13 Apr. 2026
Launch is planned for July 2028, and Dragonfly will cruise for six years, plying the empty vastness between our two worlds.
—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
The spatial vastness of Malevich is here reduced to extreme flatness.
—
Katherine Rochester,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vastness
Noun
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Earthquakes are measured by magnitude on a logarithmic scale — so each whole number increase translates to 32 times more energy released by the quake.
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On the San Andreas Fault, scientists expect on average a large earthquake of magnitude 7 or above every 170 years or so, with the timing varying along the fault.
Noun
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Combining the immensity of an ocean liner and the elegance of a swan, the 747 is the only commercial jet that deserves to be called beautiful.
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The immensity of the body of water, which resembles an 186-mile vericose vein snaking across southern Utah, is difficult to comprehend or convey.
Noun
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Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.
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Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.
Noun
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Words can't express the enormity of this tragedy.
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Words can't express the enormity of this tragedy.
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“Vastness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vastness. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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