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as in expansion
a wide space or area
vowed that he would journey the lengths of the earth to find her
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as in distance
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
the length of a professional tennis court is 78 feet from baseline to baseline
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Recent Examples of length
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Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
The suspect is described as a man in his early 20s with a dark complexion, slender build, medium length black braids, brown eyes and a black goatee, police said in the statement.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Fully extended, the creation exceeds the height of the Statue of Liberty or the length of an Olympic-size swimming pool.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2025
The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.
—Michel Martin, NPR, 4 Aug. 2025
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Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
The suspect is described as a man in his early 20s with a dark complexion, slender build, medium length black braids, brown eyes and a black goatee, police said in the statement.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Fully extended, the creation exceeds the height of the Statue of Liberty or the length of an Olympic-size swimming pool.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2025
The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.
—Michel Martin, NPR, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for length
Noun
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The capital will also support geographic expansion.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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The new location is in Tamarac, in a retail center at Commercial Boulevard and University Drive, anchored by Publix. CEO and founder Chris Johnson says demographics are driving the company’s expansion in the state.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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What's more, the planet apparently orbits at a distance from the star where temperatures might be cozy enough for life, according to a pair of reports accepted by The Astrophysical Journal Letters.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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The elites of colonial society had to legislate difference in status, distance in proximity, and the alienation of affections between people of European, African and Indigenous ancestry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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But the Connector will run through a critical portion of the Florida Wildlife Corridor, an 18-million-acre expanse of state land that provides habitat for many fragile plants and animals, said Jason Lauritsen, the chief conservation officer with the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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My route from the airport passed thick cornfields, lush trees, and expanses of green grass.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Our test car was fitted with the gigantic (420 mm front, 410 mm rear) carbon ceramic brakes, and at the rear, the center lock wheels are 11.5 inches in width.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
15 Aug. 2025
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The contemporary jewelry brand delivers a range of band widths, textures, and styles that are perfect for layering up.—
Lauren Alexis Fisher,
Footwear News,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This marks the third consecutive preseason the Sooners are outside the top 10, something that last happened 1996-2000, a stretch that included four years being unranked.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Just ahead, a stretch of warmer waters and less storm-toppling wind shear could give it the opportunity to strengthen into a hurricane on Thursday and then a major — Category 3 — hurricane over the weekend.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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Weinbach’s not going for breadth; this is an exercise in getting away with as much as possible while explaining absolutely nothing.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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The measure combines six metrics like market breadth, volatility and leverage to deliver a reading on investor sentiment.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Length.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/length. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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