1
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
Letters are subject to editing for clarity and length.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Letters will be edited for clarity and length.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
In an interview edited for length and clarity, Tuason, Kiri and DiMarco talk about the unique quality of the production from shooting inside the director’s childhood home to never appearing on screen together and more.
—Peter Larsen, Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Sophomore defender Whitaker Rewertz got the puck from his goaltender and made a sweeping solo move the length of the ice, beating Kennedy to tie it.
—Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Letters will be edited for clarity and length.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
In an interview edited for length and clarity, Tuason, Kiri and DiMarco talk about the unique quality of the production from shooting inside the director’s childhood home to never appearing on screen together and more.
—Peter Larsen, Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Sophomore defender Whitaker Rewertz got the puck from his goaltender and made a sweeping solo move the length of the ice, beating Kennedy to tie it.
—Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for length
Noun
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The Vegas Golden Knights set a record for road wins by an expansion team with a 2-1 shootout victory at Buffalo.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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This new expansion brings it to 10 locations, starting with Phoenix, though Zoox has yet to share an exact date for when vehicles will hit the road.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The perfect distance physically … and emotionally.—
Jennifer Wolfgram,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The initial goal was a single-family home that could fit a family of four (plus a dog), and was within walking distance of the school.—
Carisa Crawford Chappell,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As the train moves through the Hudson Valley and up toward the Canadian border, riverfront towns give way to wide expanses of water and distant mountain peaks.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Just over a sharp ridge that the belly of the plane seemed to graze, the vast expanse of the Beardmore Glacier spread before us.—
Cree LeFavour,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Those dimensions fall just a few inches short of a residential king-size mattress, with a width equal to a full king.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Mar. 2026
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Fortunately, the mature size (height and width) is printed on the label for each plant.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
10 Mar. 2026
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During a three-game stretch in early February, Arenas showed the world his sky-high potential.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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At Houston's Hobby Airport, 53% of officers called out on March 8, with 47% calling out the following day – resulting in nearly half of scheduled officers not reporting to work during the two-day stretch.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The breadth of topics Jones steered to Kash Patel was as wide as, well, Patel’s field of vision.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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This year’s 22-film lineup at the New York Rendez-Vous reflects the breadth of contemporary French filmmaking.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Length.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/length. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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