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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
Hunt, Avantika, and Angus are especially good as overgrown kids trying, to varying extents, to hide their softness beneath ambition.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
1 June 2026
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.
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Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
But outfielders Jakob Marsee and Owen Caissie and catcher Agustin Ramirez have struggled to various extents.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
Meanwhile, cannabis has been legalized to varying extents in many states.
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Lucy Xiaolu Wang,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
Because of this individual variability, losing excess body weight can affect blood pressure to different extents in different people.
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Karen Berger,
Verywell Health,
25 Feb. 2026
Other agencies impacted to varying extents include the Coast Guard and Secret Service.
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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.
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Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
The characters are all based, to different extents, on real people.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
Judy Berman,
Time,
1 June 2026
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
But outfielders Jakob Marsee and Owen Caissie and catcher Agustin Ramirez have struggled to various extents.
—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
Meanwhile, cannabis has been legalized to varying extents in many states.
—
Lucy Xiaolu Wang,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extents
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Utah's state forester, Jamie Barnes, told reporters that fires across the state this season had been moving in ways that had stretched Utah's firefighting capacity to its limits, with new fires beginning closer to populated areas than in previous years.
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Understanding your deductibles and coverage limits before a storm arrives can prevent unpleasant surprises later.
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For example, the warmer temperatures in the El Niño region are happening in the context of warmer than normal temperatures across vast expanses in the Pacific.
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Long horizontal rooflines mirror the sea, while moments of compression suddenly give way to expanses of sky and water.
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Avian scopes are typically below 20, and so are the scopes for fishes.
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Permissions are increasingly derived at runtime from natural-language intent in ways that OAuth scopes were never designed to govern.
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Definitely include the piece's dimensions in your listing, Kristin Keyes, the founder of Kristin Keyes Interiors, says.
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All of these dimensions are thought to be as small as physically possible — close to the Planck scale (10-35 meters) — but the researchers proposed that the dark dimension could be significantly bigger than the others — on the order of a micron (10-6 meters).
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This new Chinese hybrid material seems to have overcome those limitations.
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The audit also details limitations in the propellant supply in place for both KSC and Cape Canaveral.
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Other expansions that creators have leaned into include Fast TV, building hundred-person studios, leading national brand campaigns and beating traditional Hollywood in the box office.
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During his time at the Fed, the US economy experienced one of the strongest peacetime economic expansions in its history.
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The campus includes a towering museum that covers the political and personal realms of the nation’s first Black president and first lady, while public spaces include a branch of the Chicago Public Library, a playground and athletic center, basketball courts and a picnic area with grills.
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The campus includes a towering museum that covers the political and personal realms of the nation’s first Black president and first lady, while public spaces include a branch of the Chicago Public Library, a playground and athletic center, basketball courts and a picnic area with grills.
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Brands across the board are focusing on the US, upping their flagship boutique sizes and specs, and venturing further into the country after years of prioritizing slim slices of the coasts.
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Extending the footwear offering is a Birkenstock x Sacai utility bag, available in two sizes and crafted using the same premium natural and suede leathers featured throughout the footwear collection.
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