as in to measure
to find out the size, extent, or amount of
tried to span the distance between the two trees by eye alone
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Recent Examples of span
Liza Esquibias, People.com, 12 May 2025
Radio stations started to combine different kinds of programs that spanned an entire school day.
—Josh Shepperd, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
In a three-minute span, Oklahoma City’s offensive rating jumped to an astronomical 225.0 with a stingy 80.0 defensive rating.
—Kelly Iko, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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Verb
Being synonymous with sports and giving sports commentary and being a sports journalist and broadcaster spanning the last three decades is obviously going to come first.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 12 May 2025
Radio stations started to combine different kinds of programs that spanned an entire school day.
—Josh Shepperd, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
Noun
In the span of five days, severe storms also prevented the chicks from feeding enough.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
In a three-minute span, Oklahoma City’s offensive rating jumped to an astronomical 225.0 with a stingy 80.0 defensive rating.
—Kelly Iko, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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Verb
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The fastest way to measure your weight is through your body mass index (BMI).—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
15 May 2025
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During the first decades of our century, Peru maintained a moderately free economy, as measured by the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Charlotte won the first two games of the series at Providence but the Bruins returned the favor with a pair of rallies in 3-2 victories.—
Richard Walker,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 2025
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The pair have been entangled in the legal and PR battle since late December when Lively filed her lawsuit against the 41-year-old actor-director.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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And he's done some amazing work in the last few years.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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The mother-and-son duo hadn't seen each other in two years while he'd been stationed in Europe.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
Verb
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Planning groups remain the city’s best tool to gauge neighborhood sentiment.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2025
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But in the past two weeks, Suggs reached out to at least one real estate executive to gauge interest in hosting a fundraiser for the mayor’s reelection bid, sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2025
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Gilbert decided to capture their reactions on camera with the footage ending up on the couple's @acouple.gs Instagram and TikTok pages.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 May 2025
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This has not been the type of start Wood has enjoyed the last couple of weeks.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
11 May 2025
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Prison officials provided photos of the execution chamber before Joseph Corcoran’s execution, showing a space that looks like a sparse operating room with a gurney, fluorescent lighting, a floor drain and an adjacent viewing room.—
Sophia Tareen,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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This is a space that is ripe for standardization, the entry of new players in the market, and more vendor rivalries and drama.—
John Burek,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
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The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on keeping a block on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders.—
Mark Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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That facility can scale up to 1 million square feet, which would translate into about 40,000 garments.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
15 May 2025
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The Lounge is home to three simulators, all of which are built from parts salvaged from real airplanes, from the pilot chairs to yokes.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The ripstop is applied to the shirt’s pointed Western yoke, collar and chest flaps.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Span.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/span. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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