as in to measure
to find out the size, extent, or amount of
tried to span the distance between the two trees by eye alone
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Recent Examples of span
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 June 2025
The curriculum will span pitching, nonprofit management, film festival strategy, entrepreneurship, and representation, with conversations and workshops that allow students to explore opportunities and carve a strategic path into the media industry.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 June 2025
Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The Giants have a 6-10 (.375) record with him during that span and a 3-15 (.166) mark without him.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
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Verb
The 78-year-old star, whose career spans the golden age of martial arts cinema, will receive the honor at the Malaysia Golden Global Awards ceremony July 26 at Zepp KL.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 June 2025
The curriculum will span pitching, nonprofit management, film festival strategy, entrepreneurship, and representation, with conversations and workshops that allow students to explore opportunities and carve a strategic path into the media industry.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 June 2025
Noun
The Lakers, in that span, have had six winning seasons, two trips to the conference finals and won a title in 2020.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The Giants have a 6-10 (.375) record with him during that span and a 3-15 (.166) mark without him.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
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Tools And Frameworks Help Spot Potential Accurately Unlike performance, which is usually measured with data, potential can feel subjective.—
Melanie Hughes,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Each wavelength is measured through the McKinlay-Diffey erythema action spectrum.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2025
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The state is also engaged in a pair of lawsuits over the issue, one filed by state Attorney General Keith Ellison against the Trump administration, and another filed by three anonymous girls softball players against Ellison and the state over having to compete with a trans athlete.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
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The company plans to double the pairs available in the coming seasons and sneakers remain the most important category in Nike’s business, although apparel is growing and represented about 28% of Nike brand revenue in its last fiscal year.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Orlando, however, still had the opportunity to find roster help Wednesday night during the first round, even if the franchise was making its pick later in the evening than in years past.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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Castle, selected fourth overall by the San Antonio Spurs last year, and Andre Drummond, picked ninth by the Detroit Pistons in 2012, are the program’s only other one-and-dones.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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Setting clear KPIs aligned with business goals is essential to gauging true transformation.—
Dan Adika,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Adam Serwer: Trump is wearing America down In practice, though, the effect of this policy could be hard to gauge.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
14 June 2025
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But a Russian drone attack on the city of Odesa hit a high-rise building, killing a married couple and injuring at least 14 other people, according to local authorities.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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The former couple settled the suit for $20 million a day later, but dozens of lawsuits from other people claiming similar misdeeds soon followed.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2025
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Give emerging brands the ability to prove themselves in the digital world before asking them to fight for a few inches of shelf space.—
Joe Chura,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2025
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Vegetation is cleaned up to reduce potential wildfire fuel and create defensible space around park structures, trails and areas close to homes.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
25 June 2025
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This report speculates that female founders—who also cite fundraising as, still, a major challenge—could be looking at AI as a way to scale with less capital and avoid some of those fundraising challenges.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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Cicero’s goal is to partner with a major player to scale distribution eventually.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Column and barrel jeans are part of the collection as well as minimalist women’s shirts, like the Club Shirt with subtle western yoke details, and a denim work shirt.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
2 May 2025
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The steering wheel transforms into a flight yoke, and extra pedals appear for rudder control.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2025
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“Span.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/span. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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