SPRAWL Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

sprawl

verb

Definition of sprawl

as in to extend

to extend outwards from or as if from a central point The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown.

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as in to stretch (out)

to rest with the arms and legs spread out There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work.

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Recent Examples of sprawl But the Lobby Bar is just one of the nine dining options across the sprawling property. — Megan Dubois, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 As baseball operations departments around the sport sprawled, with teams pouring dollars into research and experimentation, Moreno skimped on analysts, scouts and performance scientists. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 With 538 rooms, to call the hotel sprawling would be an understatement. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026 There are also numerous sprawling suites including the Presidential Suite, whose terrace faces the Royal Palace. — Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sprawl

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Verb

Hossain, who teaches part-time at Smith College, including a course on love and devotion in Bollywood cinema, argues that the pressures her film dramatizes extend well beyond South Asia.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
But, as Mosley explained to Fox News Digital, a law passed in North Carolina in 2025 extended the statute of limitations for medical malpractice lawsuits specifically for people who have undergone gender transitions.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of extend

Verb

The audience is therefore not just a number sitting underneath a creator’s profile, but part of the influence itself.

— Sergi Cerrato, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
His platform has also been used to promote fear and misinformation, even to fuel violence that could destabilize sitting governments.

— Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of sit

Verb

In this year’s mayoral primary, Raman raised less money than Bass and Pratt and flopped during their one debate against each other.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Of course, by their very definition, cult films almost always flop upon release then slowly build a devoted following whose passion seems to grow in inverse proportion to any original rejection by mainstream audiences.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of flop

Verb

In the 1980s some politicians and activists expanded their definitions to include Asian and African groups.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Data center demand meets nuclear power The agreement comes as Google expands its Finnish infrastructure, including its data center in Hamina.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of expand

Verb

Pidgeon radiates star power in Love Story, but Mulligan is one of the complicated hearts of the second season of Beef.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Andreas brings him to a rich guy’s place, where Luca catches the eye of a flamboyant coke-snorting crossdresser whose affect radiates malevolence.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of radiate

Verb

And in fairness, there was a cognizant effort to keep Ohtani as rested as possible, including a season-long six-man rotation and an attempt to maneuver Ohtani’s starts to line up on games prior to a team off day, when possible.

— Katie Woo, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The National Academy of Sciences in 2003, and the American Psychological Association in a 2004 review, concluded that the polygraph rests more on theater than fact.

— Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

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