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 Dolly Parton, a titan of the entertainment industry whose achievements spanned the worlds of music, film, books, television, and theater, died peacefully on Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 80. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026 Her singular performing career spanned seven decades and only grew in prominence over all of that time. — Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026 The league’s longest current postseason drought has spanned a decade and remains ticking. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026 What happened Sunday evening is Browns coach Todd Monken and general manager Andrew Berry picked Watson to be their starter over Shedeur Sanders, to culminate a competition that spanned the entire offseason and into the first two preseason games. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 And the last magnificent legislator was the Lion of the Senate – Senator Ted Kennedy whose legacy spanned from 1962 to 2010. — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026 The event spanned about 30 years, honoring music icons and awarding scholarships, according to her family. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 The event spanned about 30 years, honoring music icons and awarding scholarships to students pursuing higher education, according to her family. — CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026 Pogba’s six Monaco appearances spanned 115 minutes of action. — Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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But those programs maintained the same course load, measured as credits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Four of the six competitions Claude was measured against had already published their results where the model could read them, and most of the targets are heavily documented in the literature.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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At CalPERS, overall performance will be gauged against a passive reference portfolio of 75% global stocks and 25% bonds, though teams will also still have asset benchmarks that will be reported to the board.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
But normality is gauged by behavior, an individual’s social life.

— Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026

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