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
Two Buttes Reservoir, spanning 700 acres and usually 25 feet deep, has dried out completely amid the historic drought.
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 June 2026
The career-spanning performance encompassed 23 songs across three acts, showing love to massive hits and heads-know favorites alike.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 7 June 2026
Chernin has a unique background spanning traditional Hollywood as well as the YouTube creator space.
—Julia Boorstin,stephen Desaulniers, CNBC, 6 June 2026
The next total solar eclipse with a coast-to-coast path spanning the Lower 48 states will take place on August 12, 2045.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Saturdays, spanning six blocks.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2026
That series, starring Lucille Ball in the title role with Desi Arnaz as her bandleader husband, with Vivian Vance and William Frawley as their best friends and neighbors, originally aired for six seasons on CBS, spanning 180 episodes, 30 minutes each, from 1951 to 1957.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
The crossing is one of several underway in California, including a $114-million project in Agoura Hills, billed as the world’s largest, that is set to open over the 101 Freeway later this year; two smaller crossings in the Mojave Desert and three more spanning Interstate 15.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Researchers believe future quantum systems could eventually tackle certain calculations far beyond the reach of today’s most powerful supercomputers, with potential applications spanning drug discovery, advanced materials, logistics, cybersecurity, defense, and artificial intelligence.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 June 2026
The career-spanning performance encompassed 23 songs across three acts, showing love to massive hits and heads-know favorites alike.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 7 June 2026
Chernin has a unique background spanning traditional Hollywood as well as the YouTube creator space.
—Julia Boorstin,stephen Desaulniers, CNBC, 6 June 2026
The next total solar eclipse with a coast-to-coast path spanning the Lower 48 states will take place on August 12, 2045.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Saturdays, spanning six blocks.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2026
That series, starring Lucille Ball in the title role with Desi Arnaz as her bandleader husband, with Vivian Vance and William Frawley as their best friends and neighbors, originally aired for six seasons on CBS, spanning 180 episodes, 30 minutes each, from 1951 to 1957.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
The crossing is one of several underway in California, including a $114-million project in Agoura Hills, billed as the world’s largest, that is set to open over the 101 Freeway later this year; two smaller crossings in the Mojave Desert and three more spanning Interstate 15.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Researchers believe future quantum systems could eventually tackle certain calculations far beyond the reach of today’s most powerful supercomputers, with potential applications spanning drug discovery, advanced materials, logistics, cybersecurity, defense, and artificial intelligence.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spanning
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With an unusual degree of secrecy, the New York auction house organized a sale early last week of Pace founder Arne Glimcher‘s monumental Jackson Pollock painting, Number 19, 1951, measuring nearly five feet tall and four feet wide, estimated at $50 million.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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The fiberglass artworks built by the Ángeleses are enormous, measuring nearly 8 feet tall, 9 feet wide and 4 feet deep, and visually stunning against the hills and dales of Sonoma Valley.—
Kalpana Mohan,
Mercury News,
8 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 15 Jun. 2026.
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