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
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Dickey’s criminal record spanned eight agencies.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The 37-year-old defender announced her retirement Tuesday morning, calling time on a career that spanned nearly two decades, five World Cups, and four Olympic Games.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The report also said that capital was concentrated in the hands of 30 powerful mining companies primarily headquartered in China, the US, Australia, Canada, Brazil, and Switzerland, though the firms’ operations spanned the world.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, spanned topics like the powers of drunk texting, who should really have ghostwritten Britney Spears' memoir and what Edward Cullen has under those pants.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
The team’s improvements spanned software optimizations, experimental techniques, and advanced engineering, enabling bit-flip times far beyond previous levels.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
The search for Decker spanned three counties, led authorities to Canada and Mexico and involved several local and federal agencies, only for his remains to be found less than a mile from where the girls’ bodies were discovered.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
This was the capital of Ojibwe Nation, which spanned much of the northern Great Lakes region, including land in what is now Canada.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Her career has spanned philosophy, neuroscience, and cognitive science.
—Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The 37-year-old defender announced her retirement Tuesday morning, calling time on a career that spanned nearly two decades, five World Cups, and four Olympic Games.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The report also said that capital was concentrated in the hands of 30 powerful mining companies primarily headquartered in China, the US, Australia, Canada, Brazil, and Switzerland, though the firms’ operations spanned the world.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, spanned topics like the powers of drunk texting, who should really have ghostwritten Britney Spears' memoir and what Edward Cullen has under those pants.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
The team’s improvements spanned software optimizations, experimental techniques, and advanced engineering, enabling bit-flip times far beyond previous levels.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
The search for Decker spanned three counties, led authorities to Canada and Mexico and involved several local and federal agencies, only for his remains to be found less than a mile from where the girls’ bodies were discovered.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
This was the capital of Ojibwe Nation, which spanned much of the northern Great Lakes region, including land in what is now Canada.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Her career has spanned philosophy, neuroscience, and cognitive science.
—Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spanned
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Religiousness was measured by responses to questions about the importance of religion, religious attendance, frequency of prayer and belief in God.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Bills are averaging 33 points a game and have the league’s best offense measured by EPA.—
Josh Kendall,
New York Times,
2 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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Measurements and measurables can be gauged in this sport if there is a 4th-and-goal situation, a pass that just missed, a tackle that just missed.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Spanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spanned. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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