Thesaurus results for SPANNED

spanned

verb

past tense of span

as in measured

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 spanned Throughout a career that spanned more than two decades, Kyle set records in national series wins, won championships at NASCAR’s highest level and fostered the next generation of drivers as an owner in the Truck Series. —

Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 Following Epstein's death in custody in July 2019, federal prosecutors in New York investigating possible collaborators engaged in discussions with Kellen and her attorneys that spanned more than a year. —

James Hill, ABC News, 4 June 2026 Suggested names spanned references from politics — such as the Sacramento Filibusters and the Sacramento Bills — to homages to city and state history, geography and flora and fauna. —

Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026 Construction spanned several phases from roughly 3100 BC to 1600 BC, built by Neolithic Britons rather than Druids or Celts as once theorized. —

Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026 Friends costars Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow reunited for the season 24 premiere of Variety's Actors on Actors, sitting down for a one-on-one conversation that spanned their current projects like The Comeback and The Morning Show as well as their time on the beloved NBC sitcom. —

Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026 In a speech that spanned nearly a half hour, Winfield, 74, stood at a podium near home plate, taking everybody in attendance on a journey that touched on nearly every chapter of his life. —

Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 30 May 2026 Our expertise spanned various disciplines, including obstetrics and gynecology, endocrinology, pediatrics, dermatology, radiology, primary care, nutrition science and psychology. —

Melanie Cree, The Conversation, 29 May 2026 The rest spanned the health, local, news, and tech categories, among others. —

Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026

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Microsoft said the improved qubit stability, combined with operation speeds measured in microseconds and extremely small qubit dimensions, has strengthened its confidence in reaching a scalable quantum computer by the end of the decade.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
Previously, the agency measured the earnings of program graduates four years after completion against the wages of working adults with high school diplomas.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 June 2026