1
as in expansion
a wide space or area
a great breadth of land awaited those who were brave and hardy enough to settle it
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2
as in scope
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
the breadth of his knowledge on the subject is awesome
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Recent Examples of breadth
For all its culinary breadth, Chicago is rarely framed as a sake destination.
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Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
Hundreds of people enjoyed the lively celebration of the community’s breadth of diversity, talents and traditions through dance, music and food.
—Anita Gosch, Oc Register, 19 Jan. 2026
Conrad Harder, a bull of a centre-forward who moved from Sporting CP in the summer, was able to show the breadth of his game before the break.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The new unveiling marks Zendaya’s 10th Madame Tussauds figure overall, highlighting the breadth of her career and public influence.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
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Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
Hundreds of people enjoyed the lively celebration of the community’s breadth of diversity, talents and traditions through dance, music and food.
—Anita Gosch, Oc Register, 19 Jan. 2026
Conrad Harder, a bull of a centre-forward who moved from Sporting CP in the summer, was able to show the breadth of his game before the break.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The new unveiling marks Zendaya’s 10th Madame Tussauds figure overall, highlighting the breadth of her career and public influence.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breadth
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Howard, who had served as a second lieutenant with the Ninety‑Second Division, 366th Infantry in France during World War I, accused President Truman of using the Cold War to justify a sweeping peacetime expansion of America’s global military footprint.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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India is positioning itself as the testbed where energy infrastructure meets AI expansion.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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If the definition of AI is broad, all kinds of potentially non-AI systems will fall into the scope, which is presumably unintended.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Treat income as the leverage point The return on improving your skills, expanding your scope, building new earning streams, or stepping into higher-impact roles dwarfs the difference between a 6% or 8% market return.—
Sahil Bloom,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2026
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Two younger craters have since formed within Cassini's expanse, the basins of which are drenched in darkness around the time of the first quarter moon, making for a visually spectacular telescopic target.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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One is just a broad expanse of spatial coverage of this event.—
Thomas Peipert,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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Researchers are yet to grasp the full extent of how these many different sounds are integrated into dolphins’ communication networks.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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But Golden State struggled to a remarkable extent offensively.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Jan. 2026
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Try to remain as many as 20 car lengths behind the car ahead.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Jan. 2026
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Research shows that meeting length reductions of 24% are a meaningful efficiency gain that compounds across organizations.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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His talent for pulling music out of phase, bending instruments to his will and inspiring the room into new realms really pushed Maren and me to summon fresh melodies and new stories out of our writing.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
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Indeed, in the elevated realm of whiskey auctioneering new benchmarks are still being set in 2026.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Woll is having one of the worst stretches of his career.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Brown and Pritchard accounted for nearly all of their team’s scoring over the final eight-plus minutes of the third, providing 12 of its 14 points during that stretch.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Their new approach enables micro- and nanoscale 3D fabrication using a wide range of materials, moving beyond polymers and opening new design possibilities.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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The awards exist to sort through that range and highlight the bottles that best represent each style.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Breadth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadth. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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