spanning

verb

present participle of span
as in measuring
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 spanning The Commonwealth is made up of 56 nations spanning Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific, most of which were once part of the British Empire. — Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 Samsung said Saturday that Altman met with around 50 executives from its affiliates spanning electronics, finance and biotechnology in Yongin, south of Seoul. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026 Brand is pleading not guilty to allegations from six women spanning a decade, from 1999 to 2009. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026 Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff has teamed up with model and television personality Grace Ann Nader on a three-piece capsule collection spanning the outerwear, footwear and accessory categories. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026 The business currently serves 15,000 customers in 40 towns in central Connecticut spanning to the shoreline and also has an office in Old Saybrook. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026 Fernández has described a development plan spanning Brooklyn and Long Island. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026 Investigators examined allegations involving more than 300 victims spanning from 1950 through 2011. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026 Behind every live event is a vast, complex network of businesses spanning production, logistics, staging, technology and venue operations, many of them relatively small and specialized. — Davis Noell, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spanning
  1. measuring
  2. gauging
Verb
  • Approval should define a business outcome, assign an accountable owner and set a baseline for measuring progress.
    — Chris Dunn, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The work establishes a programmable approach to measuring, separating and controlling partially coherent light.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of measuring
Verb
  • Currently, artificial intelligence investments and tech sector movements represent the primary variables dictating market direction, making the progress of data center construction a critical proxy for gauging AI investment prospects.
    — , CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Legal experts largely echoed this issue with the lawsuit in recent days, given that the DOJ presented no conclusive method for gauging legitimate confusion when auditing individual ballots.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of gauging

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“Spanning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spanning. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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