1
as in largeness
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as in comprehensiveness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extensiveness
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Like plumbing or shoe cobbling, injecting involves an apprenticeship-type of learning, the comprehensiveness of which seems to be left to the injector.—
Deanna Pai,
Allure,
18 Nov. 2025 -
Federal economic data is considered the gold standard because of its longstanding reliability, quality, comprehensiveness, history and transparency.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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But Little said his clients were never contacted by the investigator, questioning the thoroughness of the review.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The exacting, obsessive thoroughness with which Cameron has imagined this world is not an end in itself, however.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Dec. 2025
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But the vastness was really about fostering conditions in which his spectral harmonies could thrive.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Part of Greenland’s appeal, indeed, comes from both the vastness of the territory and the variety of its geological features.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
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There was hugely more of it and less of me, rendered infinitesimal in the presence of this immensity.—
Michael Pollan,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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Stevens chose to enact the story on a scale of mythic grandeur and timeless immensity.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
19 Jan. 2026
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Keane loved Polinsky’s insistence on inclusiveness, respect for the governor down to the most obscure staffer, and zero tolerance for those disrespectful to rank-and-file workers.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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This suggests long-distance interactions and cultural inclusiveness during the Tang Dynasty, according to the researchers.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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But one that is perhaps too aware of its grandeur, entitlement to greatness and is willing to suffer repeatedly for it, and to make others suffer for its aspirations.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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And for those dreaming of freestyle greatness, the mountain offers several beginner terrain parks complete with entry-level tabletops, boxes, and rails, mini moguls, and more.—
Alison Fox,
Outside,
20 Jan. 2026
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The flow of deposits to less stable banks threatens the soundness of the entire financial system.—
Tyler Curtis,
Boston Herald,
20 Jan. 2026
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But these looser lending standards raise concerns of their own about the soundness of the financial system.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
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Hawley, who directed the premiere, brings an impressive sense of scale to the action, conveying the hugeness of the spaceship and its urban crash zone, contrasted with the smallness of the figures trying to make their way through the mayhem.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Extensiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extensiveness. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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