spreading (out)

verb

present participle of spread (out)
as in stretching (out)
to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spreading (out)
  1. expanding
  2. extending
  3. opening
  4. unfolding
Verb
  • Note the yellow band—interest on the national debt—which is expanding fast.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The agreement comes as electricity demand rises across the United States, driven partly by expanding data centers, manufacturing and electrification.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of expanding
Verb
  • Shares of CoreWeave plunged 10% on Thursday, extending their monthly decline to 36%, while Australia's NextDC tumbled nearly 40% on Wednesday after cutting its earnings forecast.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The approval of daraxonrasib, a new life-extending drug for pancreatic cancer, is the biggest advance in decades against a notoriously hard-to-treat disease.
    — STAT Staff, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of extending
Verb
  • Velly Pizza is also opening a second location in the Natomas area.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Among the recommendations is a change that would change the village’s single-family residential districts to neighborhood residential districts, potentially opening them up to multi-unit housing.
    — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of opening
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  • Rooted in feminism and unfolding against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis, the works consider flesh and the human body with brutal honesty, viewing them as vessels for trauma, mortality, and political autonomy.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The campaign is unfolding as the city contends with myriad urban ailments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of unfolding
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“Spreading (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spreading%20%28out%29. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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