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
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The architects varied the floor planes and ceiling heights inside to help define spaces in lieu of walls, maintaining views of the panorama through expanses of floor-to-ceiling glass shaded by broad hemlock eaves.—
Fred Albert,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026 -
Those hilly expanses hold a lot of amenities, including a ski hill and golf courses.—
Katy Spratte Joyce,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2026
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Above these scopes, the meteor is surrounded by quite an impressive view.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
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Specify in scopes of work and editorial guidelines that detector scores are advisory, not pass/fail metrics.—
Uri Samet,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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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
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The Allies went to extraordinary lengths to deceive the enemy, suggesting that the attack would focus on the Pas-de-Calais, the narrowest point of the English Channel.—
Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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Scientists are going to great lengths to retrace the stone’s steps in this research.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
6 June 2026
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Wray was shocked to hear the story about how O'Neil was just killed nearby just days ago, noting other stretches of Halsted have protected bike lanes with concrete barriers.—
Asal Rezaei,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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Along with Lee, Chapman appears to have finally emerged from an extended slump by posting one of his best stretches of the season.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
8 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
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Lidar technology uses laser pulses to measure distances and generate highly accurate spatial maps.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
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But in reality, the two planets will be separated by at least four Earth-sun distances in space.—
Doris Elin Urrutia,
Space.com,
8 June 2026
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“Breadths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadths. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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