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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Vast expanses of aluminum panels and budget glass, slabs that look like they were drawn with a hacksaw, façades checkered with air conditioners, stretches of dead street frontage—the whole neighborhood looks like a first draft.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025 -
On the northern shore, Sarakiniko serves as a particular highlight thanks to its dramatic appearance, with vast expanses of bone-white rock stretching across its shoreline.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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They can also be modified to accommodate different rounds, scopes and lighter stocks made of fiberglass.—
Andrew Blankstein,
NBC news,
20 Sep. 2025
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On April 28, when the existing cable failed, radios were silenced for 30 seconds and radar scopes went dark for 90 seconds.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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The forecast factors in expansions to Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, investments in AI development, and expected energy savings.—
Yu-Tzu Chiu,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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Other recent big-city brand expansions to Nashville include Pastis and Craig's.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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This month invites you into the realms of emotional mastery and deep inner work.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Even more troubling, the attacks escalated into more personal realms, with Minaj making disparaging comments about Cardi B’s pregnancy, and mentioning her children explicitly.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Fortunately for him, he’s never needed to go to such lengths with his own teams.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Traverse Bay Farms Similar to Blair's leasing experience, many small business owners are scoring more favorable terms, including flexible lease lengths, partial fit-outs, and even rent-free periods in some cases, according to Aird.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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Trucks will be prohibited along stretches of major roads that pass through residential areas, including Livernois, Dragoon, Clark, Scotten and West Grand Boulevard, as well as on all residential streets in that area.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Once those long reads are obtained, powerful bioinformatics software is used to build longer stretches of contiguous sequence by overlapping reads that share the same sequence of bases.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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To differing extents, all of these shows are love letters to forms pundits spy on the chopping block—the late night show, the local rag, and the good old fashioned art-house film.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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On average, as confirmed for thousands upon thousands of galaxies at all different distances, the farther away a galaxy is from us, the greater the amount its light is redshifted.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
26 Sep. 2025
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These two dwarf galaxies orbit the Milky Way at distances of 163,000 and 200,000 light-years, respectively, moving through our galaxy's outer halo of hot gas not too dissimilar, but on a much smaller scale, from the Virgo Cluster's halo of hot gas.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Breadths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadths. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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