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as in expanses
a wide space or area
vowed that he would journey the lengths of the earth to find her
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as in distances
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 lengths
This style comes in two wash colors; short, regular, and long lengths; and sizes 00 to 24.
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Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
That film goes to great lengths to stick to the book’s winding and intricate plot.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
When zoomed out, the song lengths do, in fact, make a diamond in the center.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Some go to great lengths to feed that addiction.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 3 Oct. 2025
Eye lashes were graphic, with varied lengths.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
The author understood how power works, and the lengths that people, classes, political parties and dictators would go to keep it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Daniel Day-Lewis is legendary for going to punishing lengths to deliver authentic performances.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Strings of them make up the genome as segments of various lengths called genes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
That film goes to great lengths to stick to the book’s winding and intricate plot.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
When zoomed out, the song lengths do, in fact, make a diamond in the center.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Some go to great lengths to feed that addiction.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 3 Oct. 2025
Eye lashes were graphic, with varied lengths.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
The author understood how power works, and the lengths that people, classes, political parties and dictators would go to keep it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Daniel Day-Lewis is legendary for going to punishing lengths to deliver authentic performances.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Strings of them make up the genome as segments of various lengths called genes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lengths
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Vast expanses of aluminum panels and budget glass, slabs that look like they were drawn with a hacksaw, façades checkered with air conditioners, stretches of dead street frontage—the whole neighborhood looks like a first draft.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
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On the northern shore, Sarakiniko serves as a particular highlight thanks to its dramatic appearance, with vast expanses of bone-white rock stretching across its shoreline.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It is designed for short distances and city commutes and has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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The system also allows the aircraft to operate without visual observers over greater distances, the company said.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
2 Oct. 2025
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The forecast factors in expansions to Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, investments in AI development, and expected energy savings.—
Yu-Tzu Chiu,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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Other recent big-city brand expansions to Nashville include Pastis and Craig's.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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Leaf Raking Leaf rakes can be plastic or metal, with different widths.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2025
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Mapping means travelers with disabilities measure more than 200 data points, such as bed heights or doorway widths, since accessibility is far from one-size-fits-all, but rather that various needs can be met.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Trucks will be prohibited along stretches of major roads that pass through residential areas, including Livernois, Dragoon, Clark, Scotten and West Grand Boulevard, as well as on all residential streets in that area.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Once those long reads are obtained, powerful bioinformatics software is used to build longer stretches of contiguous sequence by overlapping reads that share the same sequence of bases.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Lengths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lengths. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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