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
Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
While both share similarities, including a history that spans over 200 years, the Farmers' Almanac and The Old Farmer's Almanac are different.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
Paul Grein, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
That’s better than any full-season mark for the team in that span.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
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Verb
The area where the plane crashed and burned spanned half a mile.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
While both share similarities, including a history that spans over 200 years, the Farmers' Almanac and The Old Farmer's Almanac are different.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
That puts her in a tie with composer John Williams for the longest span of Grammy nominations.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
That’s better than any full-season mark for the team in that span.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for span
Verb
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The Education Department also measures growth by assessing progress among students at the bottom 25%.—
Dmitry Martirosov,
Arkansas Online,
12 Nov. 2025
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That’s a sizable rival to YouTube TV, and early data from research firm Apptopia (which measures app downloads, not subscription sign-ups) showed Fubo to be the leading beneficiary of people switching providers.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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The pair finished with 30 total points on 63% shooting from beyond the arc.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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The Hurricanes beat the Syracuse Orange 38-10 on Saturday and saw a pair of teams a few spots above them in last week’s ranking — Louisville and Virginia — lose to help Miami inch closer to the cut line for the playoffs.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
12 Nov. 2025
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WeRide is a member of this year’s Future 50, Fortune’s annual ranking of companies with the greatest potential for growth.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Danish shipping giant Maersk on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter operating profit and raised the lower-end of its full-year guidance, bolstered by increasing container volumes.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Another way to gauge the influence of socialism in US history is to list some of the prominent American writers, artists, intellectuals, activists, and scientists who either publicly embraced the label or favored a socialist blueprint for the nation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, with no jobs report last month nor expected this month due to the shutdown, ADP’s data has taken on an outsized role for economists and investors looking to gauge the health of the economy.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The young couple welcomed their daughter via adoption this summer.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The couple posted the news on Instagram Friday night.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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The big story Sipping coffee in a café surrounded by Singapore’s skyline, Anshuman Magazine of real estate services firm CBRE told me that global capability centers (GCCs) accounted for 38% of office space demand in India in the third quarter.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The idea worked on paper, but in practice, the alignment was extremely delicate, and the overall setup became unstable and hard to scale.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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That price is set to scale down to $250 over the next two years for people paying completely out-of-pocket with no insurance.—
Michelle Stoddart,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025
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But Ukraine’s shedding of the yoke of communism and conversion to capitalism allowed the pair to transform their own lives, thanks to their connections and business acumen.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The characters from Malczewski’s canvases march through successive decades, fighting and fleeing various yokes.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Span.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/span. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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