as in scope
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
surprised by the width of his power and influence in the oil business
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Recent Examples of width
The good news is that the one shoe that does come in more widths—the New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Elite v4—is really great.
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Lauren Wingenroth, SELF, 30 May 2025
But the width of those bands also makes a difference in eliminating interference and increasing speeds.
—PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
His hand length was 9¾ inches, and his hand width was 9 inches.
—Andy Theobald, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
Our testers looked at the thickness and width of the band, padding, underwiring, and how well the bra was able to stay up throughout the day without slipping.
—Michelle Rostamian, People.com, 22 May 2025
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Lauren Wingenroth, SELF, 30 May 2025
But the width of those bands also makes a difference in eliminating interference and increasing speeds.
—PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
His hand length was 9¾ inches, and his hand width was 9 inches.
—Andy Theobald, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
Our testers looked at the thickness and width of the band, padding, underwiring, and how well the bra was able to stay up throughout the day without slipping.
—Michelle Rostamian, People.com, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for width
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Court of Common Pleas Judge Stephen Corr said the lawsuit was beyond the scope of state law.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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His role, while technically unpaid and temporary, grew in both scope and influence—often bypassing traditional bureaucratic channels.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 May 2025
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New York, Illinois, and California each enacted one or some of these measures last year; there’s been movement in a similar direction, albeit to differing extents, in Connecticut, Maryland, Kansas, Hawaii, Washington State, and Oregon.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
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That would be an 18% decline from the same period last year, equating to by far the weakest quarterly deliveries growth since at least 2015, the extent of quarterly delivery data available on Tesla’s investor relations website.—
Derek Saul,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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More definitively, the company has made significant progress across the realms of healthcare delivery and life sciences through use-cases such as advancing protein structure prediction models, optimizing medical imaging LLMs and even progressing with VR technology.—
Dr. Sai Balasubramanian,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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In that realm, the Padres have fared very well, not just this year but since 2021.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Delta also gives us a ballpark range that an option has of expiring in the money, giving it value.—
Michael Martin,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The disclosure report shows Moskowitz bought a range of technology, pharmaceutical, and industrial stocks.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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“Width.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/width. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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