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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 Allies went to extraordinary lengths to deceive the enemy, suggesting that the attack would focus on the Pas-de-Calais, the narrowest point of the English Channel.
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Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
Scientists are going to great lengths to retrace the stone’s steps in this research.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 June 2026
Mekaneck is the Inspector Gadget of He-Man's gang, capable of periscoping his mechanical neck to implausible lengths and, er, not much else.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 June 2026
Ameroid, ridden by Bill Boland, wins the Belmont Stakes by 2½ lengths over Buffle.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
While Missouri’s efforts have not gone to the same lengths as Kansas, the push reached a fever pitch earlier this year.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
The reality is that researchers go to great lengths to test all sorts of novel compounds for bug-repelling properties.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Check tour lengths in advance and look at what else is on the property — many distilleries sit on historic estates worth wandering for the scenery alone.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
The Quince version comes in seven colors and four lengths to accommodate a range of heights, including petites.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
Scientists are going to great lengths to retrace the stone’s steps in this research.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 June 2026
Mekaneck is the Inspector Gadget of He-Man's gang, capable of periscoping his mechanical neck to implausible lengths and, er, not much else.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 June 2026
Ameroid, ridden by Bill Boland, wins the Belmont Stakes by 2½ lengths over Buffle.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
While Missouri’s efforts have not gone to the same lengths as Kansas, the push reached a fever pitch earlier this year.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
The reality is that researchers go to great lengths to test all sorts of novel compounds for bug-repelling properties.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Check tour lengths in advance and look at what else is on the property — many distilleries sit on historic estates worth wandering for the scenery alone.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
The Quince version comes in seven colors and four lengths to accommodate a range of heights, including petites.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 3 June 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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To be more precise, Erdős conjectured that the number of unit distances would be n^(1+o(1)).—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
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The system operates in layers, with different agents monitoring different distances and threat levels.—
Matt Viser,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Meanwhile, many museums are in serious financial straits, reckoning with the fiscal burden of optimistic expansions and unanticipated increases in operating costs.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The global SiC market is currently dominated by a small number of producers, including Wolfspeed, Coherent, and STMicroelectronics, all of which have announced multi-billion-dollar capacity expansions in recent years.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Choose from seven colors and sizes 5–12, with both standard and wide widths available.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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Others, like a rotating display, have slots of different heights and widths to store a variety of items.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Which means the 4,092-square-kilometer area between the high, forested escarpment and the wide stretches of the Zambezi River is still pretty untouched.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The allegations fit a pattern that investigators say stretches back decades.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
1 June 2026
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“Lengths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lengths. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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