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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
The rule of thumb is to stay three bus lengths away from deer and elk and 10 bus lengths from wolves and bears.
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Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
In real life, her extra-long lengths are transcendent.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 May 2026
In Episode 7 of the final season of the series, Deborah and Ava even go to great lengths to get a real jumpsuit of Burnett’s for Deborah to wear as part of her Madison Square Garden show.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
The technology has strong optical absorption and long carrier diffusion lengths.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
Those unable to swim two lengths of the pool without stopping should have a parent remain close enough to reach them.
—Laura Berrios, AJC.com, 19 May 2026
Everything is designed for people 5-foot-4 and under, with dresses, tops, and bottoms in lengths that won't require a visit to the tailor.
—Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Forward Pass wins the Preakness Stakes by six lengths to give Calumet Farm a record seven wins in by an owner in the race.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
The colt won his first two starts last year by impressive margins, prevailing in the Champagne Stakes by 6½ lengths in October.
—Noah Trister, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
In real life, her extra-long lengths are transcendent.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 May 2026
In Episode 7 of the final season of the series, Deborah and Ava even go to great lengths to get a real jumpsuit of Burnett’s for Deborah to wear as part of her Madison Square Garden show.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
The technology has strong optical absorption and long carrier diffusion lengths.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
Those unable to swim two lengths of the pool without stopping should have a parent remain close enough to reach them.
—Laura Berrios, AJC.com, 19 May 2026
Everything is designed for people 5-foot-4 and under, with dresses, tops, and bottoms in lengths that won't require a visit to the tailor.
—Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Forward Pass wins the Preakness Stakes by six lengths to give Calumet Farm a record seven wins in by an owner in the race.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
The colt won his first two starts last year by impressive margins, prevailing in the Champagne Stakes by 6½ lengths in October.
—Noah Trister, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lengths
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By traversing sonic ground across its 10 tracks that transports listeners from the open expanses of Montana to the Mississippi Hill Country, Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen effectively weave a tapestry that knits together a throughline between foundational Americana genres.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Encounters with whales, dolphins and penguins awaited; landscapes of icy expanses, towering cliffs and rolling green hills beckoned.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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Most patients were able to walk faster by 16 weeks post-treatment, and eight no longer needed their assistive devices for short distances.—
Amber Dance,
ArsTechnica,
17 May 2026
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The car is outfitted with 29 cameras, six radars, five microphones, and five lidar sensors, which continuously pulse to measure distances, objects, and people as far as three football fields away.—
Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Now, the siblings regularly discuss entirely new storylines and creative expansions with the author directly.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
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There is no money for more streetcar expansions, though the Streetcar Authority has studied a variety of possibilities.—
Eleanor Nash
May 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2026
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The North Star is about thirty degrees from Dubhe, or roughly three of your fist-widths held at arm’s length.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
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Physical changes include safer pedestrian crossings and a potential reduction in lane widths along Hesperian Boulevard, Mission Boulevard and Jackson Street to naturally slow traffic.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Unlike Downtown and the Denver Tech Center, Cherry Creek isn’t worrying about what to do with nearly empty office buildings or how to fill large stretches of vacant storefronts.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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And in between, long stretches of normalcy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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“Lengths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lengths. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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