as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
awed by the vastness of the prairie
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Recent Examples of vastness
Here’s a swashbuckling Zen space opera of irresistible vastness — a world large enough to colonize your imagination.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2026
At this point, Venegas briefly glances at the rows of books inside the lending library, as if contemplating the vastness of human creativity.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
Launch is planned for July 2028, and Dragonfly will cruise for six years, plying the empty vastness between our two worlds.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
Its depiction of Earth's blue marble rising in the distance above the barren lunar surface illustrated how fragile our world really is amidst the vastness of space, and how, despite our differences, all of us share one planet.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The spatial vastness of Malevich is here reduced to extreme flatness.
—Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
Whether influenced by the vastness of space, the imaginative worlds of science fiction, the influence of pop culture, or the beauty of nature, futuristic baby names signify a sense of wonder and possibility.
—Fiona Tapp, Parents, 1 Apr. 2026
Even their vision of outer space seldom imparts the sense of a terrifying, unknowable vastness.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2026
At this point, Venegas briefly glances at the rows of books inside the lending library, as if contemplating the vastness of human creativity.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
Launch is planned for July 2028, and Dragonfly will cruise for six years, plying the empty vastness between our two worlds.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
Its depiction of Earth's blue marble rising in the distance above the barren lunar surface illustrated how fragile our world really is amidst the vastness of space, and how, despite our differences, all of us share one planet.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The spatial vastness of Malevich is here reduced to extreme flatness.
—Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
Whether influenced by the vastness of space, the imaginative worlds of science fiction, the influence of pop culture, or the beauty of nature, futuristic baby names signify a sense of wonder and possibility.
—Fiona Tapp, Parents, 1 Apr. 2026
Even their vision of outer space seldom imparts the sense of a terrifying, unknowable vastness.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vastness
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The other stars in the diamond are second magnitude Denebola (marking the tail of Leo, the Lion), first magnitude Spica (the spike of wheat in the hand of Virgo) and zero-magnitude Arcturus (in Boötes the Herdsman).—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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Davis has either tuned out or somehow remained oblivious to any fan sentiment that diminishes the magnitude of his home run because of what unfolded after it.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The immensity of recreational fishing also likely has effects on freshwater ecosystems that have gone unrecognized by fisheries managers.—
Matthew Robertson,
The Conversation,
6 May 2026
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Their grandeur and immensity manage to surprise us even in an age when humans are building larger and larger things.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
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After winning, DeVaux didn’t downplay the enormity of her achievement.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The enormity of the turbines was evident from even a mile out.—
Jennifer McDermott,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Vastness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vastness. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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