as in distance
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
the spacing of the houses was a little tight
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Recent Examples of spacing
This reversible cover acts as a two-in-one—one side with large checks, and the other with smaller spacing.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
Extend it to four seconds to ensure safe spacing in adverse conditions.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
And for gallery walls, Gutierrez suggests mixing media but keeping a unifying thread, like frame tones, spacing, or a shared theme.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
The Finland native is known for his scoring, floor spacing and ability to play the power forward or center position.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
Extend it to four seconds to ensure safe spacing in adverse conditions.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
And for gallery walls, Gutierrez suggests mixing media but keeping a unifying thread, like frame tones, spacing, or a shared theme.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
The Finland native is known for his scoring, floor spacing and ability to play the power forward or center position.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spacing
Noun
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Advertisement The quake’s epicenter was shallow, only some 5 km below the surface, which means its energy needed to travel less distance before hitting infrastructure.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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More observations are coming Hundreds of scientists are now measuring dark energy by studying millions of galaxies and the distances between them.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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That precision is like measuring the distance between the North and South poles to better than the width of a single hair.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Added to which, wing-backs Alejandro Grimaldo and Frimpong, the latter now with Wirtz at Anfield, were an incredibly dynamic threat, stretching opponents across the full width of the pitch but playing with enough individual variety to pose a range of different questions.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The number of showings depends on the voyage length.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Terms of the three deals remain unclear at present, beyond the length of Horford's contract.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Spacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spacing. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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