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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 widths
Leaf Raking Leaf rakes can be plastic or metal, with different widths.
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Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
Mapping means travelers with disabilities measure more than 200 data points, such as bed heights or doorway widths, since accessibility is far from one-size-fits-all, but rather that various needs can be met.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The pull-on boots are waterproof and come in medium and wide widths.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
To meet the consumer’s footwear needs, Stoke designed a sneaker with lasts that are available in just two widths — wide (E) and wider (EE).
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
The toebox is round and wide, which makes walking more comfortable, and the shoes are available in wide widths.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
First, tape together however many widths of aluminum foil match the width of your plate wall display.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
But even copper’s resistance began to be problematic once interconnect widths shrank below 100 nanometers.
—Divya Prasad, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2021
Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
Mapping means travelers with disabilities measure more than 200 data points, such as bed heights or doorway widths, since accessibility is far from one-size-fits-all, but rather that various needs can be met.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The pull-on boots are waterproof and come in medium and wide widths.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
To meet the consumer’s footwear needs, Stoke designed a sneaker with lasts that are available in just two widths — wide (E) and wider (EE).
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
The toebox is round and wide, which makes walking more comfortable, and the shoes are available in wide widths.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
First, tape together however many widths of aluminum foil match the width of your plate wall display.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
But even copper’s resistance began to be problematic once interconnect widths shrank below 100 nanometers.
—Divya Prasad, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widths
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At launch, there will be 18 maps to compete on and 30 weapons to unlock, with dozens of customization options allowing users to fine tune their guns’ scopes, grips, barrels, and more.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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They can also be modified to accommodate different rounds, scopes and lighter stocks made of fiberglass.—
Andrew Blankstein,
NBC news,
20 Sep. 2025
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This month invites you into the realms of emotional mastery and deep inner work.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Even more troubling, the attacks escalated into more personal realms, with Minaj making disparaging comments about Cardi B’s pregnancy, and mentioning her children explicitly.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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To differing extents, all of these shows are love letters to forms pundits spy on the chopping block—the late night show, the local rag, and the good old fashioned art-house film.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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This aligns with a ballistic missile profile reaching medium to intercontinental ranges.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, a quick resolution to the shutdown could lead to limited follow-through, keeping us in similar ranges to recent months.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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WalletHub then evaluated the five dimensions using 45 relevant metrics, with their corresponding weights.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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To calculate the scattering amplitude for a collision of n particles, physicists would have to add up many BCFW terms — and each of those terms corresponded to a region of the positive Grassmannian in n dimensions.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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The team first runs dynamic laboratory tests on generic soil samples to build reliable models, applying waves at different strain rates and amplitudes and comparing experimental results with simulations.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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The amplituhedron is an incredibly powerful calculational tool, enabling those who work with them to compute — by hand, mind you — scattering amplitudes for problems that could not have been feasibly calculated even by a computer beforehand.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Widths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widths. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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