as in measures
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 spans
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
The casting deliberately spans India’s entertainment spectrum, mixing familiar television personalities like Arjun Bijlani and Kiku Sharda with digital stars like Dhanashree Verma and bold personalities like Kubbra Sait.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Their portfolio spans high-profile developments across Brooklyn and Manhattan, including massive rooftops like 532 Neptune Avenue, where a 55,000 sq ft green oasis includes pickleball courts, playgrounds, gardens, and walking tracks—all sitting atop a 1,000-unit building.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Drawing on his extensive study of history, which spans 500 years and covers the rise and fall of empires, Dalio sees a historical precedent for such transformative shifts.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
The Federer inspiration spans the world of tennis—Wilson included—and will soon concentrate squarely on San Francisco.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The facility spans two stories and 60,000 square feet.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Usually the street spans a block or two and holds significance to the person's life.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
For a franchise that spans three interconnected series, with six directors and seven screenwriters between ten movies, the Conjuring Universe’s lore is remarkably consistent.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Laser-like light that spans a wide range of frequencies is a powerful tool for science and industry.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
The casting deliberately spans India’s entertainment spectrum, mixing familiar television personalities like Arjun Bijlani and Kiku Sharda with digital stars like Dhanashree Verma and bold personalities like Kubbra Sait.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Their portfolio spans high-profile developments across Brooklyn and Manhattan, including massive rooftops like 532 Neptune Avenue, where a 55,000 sq ft green oasis includes pickleball courts, playgrounds, gardens, and walking tracks—all sitting atop a 1,000-unit building.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Drawing on his extensive study of history, which spans 500 years and covers the rise and fall of empires, Dalio sees a historical precedent for such transformative shifts.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
The Federer inspiration spans the world of tennis—Wilson included—and will soon concentrate squarely on San Francisco.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The facility spans two stories and 60,000 square feet.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Usually the street spans a block or two and holds significance to the person's life.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
For a franchise that spans three interconnected series, with six directors and seven screenwriters between ten movies, the Conjuring Universe’s lore is remarkably consistent.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spans
Verb
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Graduation – This measures the percentage of students who graduated within four and five years of entering high school.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
15 Sep. 2025
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This measures the percentage of students who graduated within four and five years of entering high school.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Earlier, the agency released a pair of images of a person of interest in the case that showed a man in a stairwell wearing a black long sleeve shirt with an American flag, jeans, sunglasses and a dark hat.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Our expert reviews of JBL headphones consistently praises the brand for balancing strong sound with everyday value, and this pair fits right into that category.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The diffusion index in the jobs report gauges the concentration of growth.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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In business, profit margins are a performance metric that gauges the extent to which businesses are making money, similar to how the number of games a baseball team leads its division by determines its standing.—
Mark LaSota,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The pair also famously visited The Plough at Cadsden in Buckinghamshire, a pub near Chequers, the country residence of British prime ministers, where Xi quaffed a pint of Greene King IPA (Indian Pale Ale).—
Ian King,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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In Middlesex League action, Kaylee Master recorded a hat trick, Sophia Setouhi added a pair and Gianna Venezia scored her first varsity goal as Watertown (5-0) blanked Woburn, 7-0, for its 102nd straight field hockey win.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Marketed as a low-cost cruise missile, Crossbow weighs about 750 kilograms (around 1,650 pounds), carries a 300-kilogram (660-pound) modular payload, and can fly more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) at high subsonic speeds.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Using a combination of titanium and carbon fiber, the TiSeat weighs around 6 kilograms, achieving a 30% weight reduction compared to traditional seating.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Instead, the scores from Week 1 will carry over to next week, where not one, but two couples will be ging home.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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According to Chilean officials, during the Pinochet dictatorship from 1973 to 1990, thousands of babies were stolen from their biological mothers and sold into adoption, mainly to couples from the United States and Europe.—
Rafael Romo,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The New York Mets keep enduring lengthy rough stretches.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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In 2022 and 2024, there were similar blank stretches, but both seasons ended with major wallops to Florida — Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in 2022, and Hurricanes Helene and Milton last year.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rather than owning hardware for such peaks, many AI-native companies are increasingly relying on cloud infrastructure that scales instantly, stretching across regions and edge locations based on data proximity and latency needs.—
Vincentas Grinius,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Models of star formation suggest the size of the jets scales with the size of the star producing them.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Spans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spans. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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