Thesaurus results for EXTENTS

extents

noun

plural of extent

as in limits

a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go the coach exceeded the extent of his authority by exempting some of the players from the requirement

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as in expanses

a wide space or area the seemingly endless extent of the windswept prairies

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as in scopes

an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends the extent of this criminal investigation has widened considerably since it began

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as in dimensions

the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something looking at the extent of the stain on my shirt, you might think that I had spilled a gallon of coffee

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Recent Examples of extents Because of this individual variability, losing excess body weight can affect blood pressure to different extents in different people. —

Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2026 Other agencies impacted to varying extents include the Coast Guard and Secret Service. —

Jared Gans, The Hill, 13 Feb. 2026 Additional states including Florida, Kansas, Indiana, Maryland, Utah, Illinois, and New York, have considered (to differing extents) the idea of updating their maps, Reuters reported. —

Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025 The characters are all based, to different extents, on real people. —

Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025 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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Noun

Both allow workers to contribute pretax money through payroll deductions up to certain limits ($24,500 in 2026, with an additional $8,000 catch-up contribution for those 50 and older, plus an additional $11,250 for those 60 to 63).

— Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Congress has set firm limits to this, including allowing the retirement of no more than eight aircraft a year because of fears of a capability gap, with the fleet consisting of 26 aircraft at last count.

— David Szondy March 29, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2026