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
This is a series where Bond himself might employ a laser watch or jet pack or an amphibious car, while technologies like gene therapy and orbital weapons are typically reserved for the villains in this globe-spanning drama.
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Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
At the heart of the system are three modular hexagonal floating platforms spanning a combined footprint of nearly 12,900 square feet.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival has unveiled the competition lineup for its Golden Goblet Awards, spanning five categories across fiction, documentary, animation, and short film.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 May 2026
Those have now been cancelled along with several others spanning from the summer through November.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2026
Kurosawa, who adapted the screenplay himself, transforms Murashige’s long last stand into four interconnected mysteries each spanning a single season.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026
The Sacramento Bee covered a range of stories from May 17 through May 22, 2026, spanning local tragedy, housing disputes, politics and crime.
—Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
With a sprawling empire spanning electric vehicles, rockets, artificial intelligence, and social media, Elon Musk has built a reputation as one of the most influential—and unconventional business leaders of the modern era.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 May 2026
After a long process spanning several years, Inter Miami CF made its debut in 2020, with Beckham as a minority stakeholder.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
At the heart of the system are three modular hexagonal floating platforms spanning a combined footprint of nearly 12,900 square feet.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival has unveiled the competition lineup for its Golden Goblet Awards, spanning five categories across fiction, documentary, animation, and short film.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 May 2026
Those have now been cancelled along with several others spanning from the summer through November.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2026
Kurosawa, who adapted the screenplay himself, transforms Murashige’s long last stand into four interconnected mysteries each spanning a single season.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026
The Sacramento Bee covered a range of stories from May 17 through May 22, 2026, spanning local tragedy, housing disputes, politics and crime.
—Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
With a sprawling empire spanning electric vehicles, rockets, artificial intelligence, and social media, Elon Musk has built a reputation as one of the most influential—and unconventional business leaders of the modern era.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 May 2026
After a long process spanning several years, Inter Miami CF made its debut in 2020, with Beckham as a minority stakeholder.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spanning
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The Adaptation and Resilience Investors Collaborative, a consortium of ten development finance institutions, published a framework in 2024 for measuring adaptation impact in ways that are investor-relevant and can be aggregated across portfolios.—
Jamil Wyne,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The result of a 26-solar-mass black hole merging with a 30-solar-mass black hole over 3 billion light-years away, gravitational wave astronomers were able to pinpoint GW240615 to a region of the sky measuring just 6 square degrees.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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Guo says that as of April, the company has received nearly 20,000 pre-orders for the M1 model, which is capable of gauging facial expressions and starting a conversation if someone appears lonely and can also read books to children.—
Rana Wehbe Watson,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Fangio said the Eagles looked at Woolen midseason last year while gauging the Seahawks’ interest in trading him.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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“Spanning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spanning. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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