1
as in expanses
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 scopes
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 Synonyms for breadths
Noun
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This is not even considering the dedication of vast expanses of farmland to solar farms.—
Louise Schiavone,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026 -
The Okefenokee swamp's prairies are vast, watery expanses dotted with floating islands and stands of cypress and other trees.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Permissions are increasingly derived at runtime from natural-language intent in ways that OAuth scopes were never designed to govern.—
Harsh Singhal,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Federal prosecutors allege that Ross and Rhodes concealed their fraud scheme by submitting false documents to CHA, including proposals, scopes of work and invoices.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Of the big three, Modern is the only to have refused corporate buyouts and franchise expansions, preserving a classic mom-and-pop feel.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Triton Center is part of one of the largest university expansions to occur nationally in the past decade or so.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
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In our increasingly fragmented media environment, sports remains one of the last realms in which massive global audiences gather together in real time.—
Sam Jacobs,
Time,
9 June 2026
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The roughly $850 million project covers both the political and personal realms of the nation’s first Black president.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Anyone else go to wild lengths?—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2026
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While there are certain products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
13 June 2026
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Hunt, Avantika, and Angus are especially good as overgrown kids trying, to varying extents, to hide their softness beneath ambition.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
1 June 2026
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Throughout its history the company has gone through the ebbs and flows of the jewelry sector, impacted to various extents by wars, macroeconomic volatility and geopolitical disruption.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Despite Mike Trout’s strong start to the season and strong stretches from starters José Soriano, Reid Detmers and Walbert Ureña, the Angels have had a worse first half this season with first-year manager Kurt Suzuki at the helm.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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In between, there are stretches of wide valleys filled with junipers, pinyon pines, and jackrabbits peeking out from the sagebrush.—
Tamara Gane,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Choose from seven colors and sizes 5–12, with both standard and wide widths available.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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Others, like a rotating display, have slots of different heights and widths to store a variety of items.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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“Breadths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadths. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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