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
Kirkland’s acting career spanned six decades, ran the gamut from film to TV to the stage, and comprised over 250 roles.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
Back in Iran, Ershadi’s more recent films have spanned female racing driver drama Lelah; mountain village tale Mahoor and posthumous credit The Hill of Kites.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
The Greetings From Your Hometown tour originally spanned over 50 dates through November, with stops in Toronto, Boston, Des Moines, Iowa, Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome, and the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
The branch was 17 inches in diameter and spanned 34 feet long.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
The vehicle’s travel route spanned as far as Nebraska, and the return route detoured into Kansas.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
In its final form, the sky-high pad spanned a whopping 13,300 square feet across two levels, with four bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a gym, a massage room, wine storage, and plenty of sprawling gallery walls to display the performer’s art collection.
—Mekita Rivas, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
In a recent staff report, suggested payments spanned from $750 to $1,000.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Foster, whose screen career has spanned more than half a century, is a two-time Academy Award winner for best actress (The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs) and also has a further three nominations, most recently for her performance in the 2023 film Nyad.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
Back in Iran, Ershadi’s more recent films have spanned female racing driver drama Lelah; mountain village tale Mahoor and posthumous credit The Hill of Kites.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
The Greetings From Your Hometown tour originally spanned over 50 dates through November, with stops in Toronto, Boston, Des Moines, Iowa, Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome, and the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
The branch was 17 inches in diameter and spanned 34 feet long.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
The vehicle’s travel route spanned as far as Nebraska, and the return route detoured into Kansas.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
In its final form, the sky-high pad spanned a whopping 13,300 square feet across two levels, with four bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a gym, a massage room, wine storage, and plenty of sprawling gallery walls to display the performer’s art collection.
—Mekita Rivas, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
In a recent staff report, suggested payments spanned from $750 to $1,000.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Foster, whose screen career has spanned more than half a century, is a two-time Academy Award winner for best actress (The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs) and also has a further three nominations, most recently for her performance in the 2023 film Nyad.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spanned
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For all the sites, CNN measured the additional square footage of buildings by year since 2020, and analyzed the specific facilities seen in satellite imagery to determine their purpose.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index overall have risen every month since April.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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In other words, male respectability was gauged by how successfully women’s bodies were regulated.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Having escaped disaster and gauged the full extent of American self-deterrence, Putin began putting pressure on Ukraine’s neighbors and suppliers.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Spanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spanned. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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