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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
The North Star is about thirty degrees from Dubhe, or roughly three of your fist-widths held at arm’s length.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
Physical changes include safer pedestrian crossings and a potential reduction in lane widths along Hesperian Boulevard, Mission Boulevard and Jackson Street to naturally slow traffic.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
The sun's powerful magnetic dynamo that drives sunspot activity and contributes to unleashing powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections has been confirmed as existing 124,000 miles (200,000 kilometers) beneath the sun's visible surface — equivalent to 16 Earth widths' deep.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The reconfiguration uses no physical barriers between the bike lane and travel lanes, and lane widths won’t meaningfully change.
—Ian Hembree, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Thankfully, if you’re set on one silhouette in particular, the brand offers several different widths of the same style for customization.
—Noah Kaufman, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2026
The book covers pocket, knee, crotch and belt loop repair techniques, taking in and expanding the waist, hemming, adjusting leg widths, transforming jeans to shorts and skirts, splicing.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
The loafer comes in extended sizes and widths, too.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The design featured an almond toe and two clear straps of differing widths that stretched across the foot, both adorned with pastel jewels.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
Physical changes include safer pedestrian crossings and a potential reduction in lane widths along Hesperian Boulevard, Mission Boulevard and Jackson Street to naturally slow traffic.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
The sun's powerful magnetic dynamo that drives sunspot activity and contributes to unleashing powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections has been confirmed as existing 124,000 miles (200,000 kilometers) beneath the sun's visible surface — equivalent to 16 Earth widths' deep.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The reconfiguration uses no physical barriers between the bike lane and travel lanes, and lane widths won’t meaningfully change.
—Ian Hembree, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Thankfully, if you’re set on one silhouette in particular, the brand offers several different widths of the same style for customization.
—Noah Kaufman, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2026
The book covers pocket, knee, crotch and belt loop repair techniques, taking in and expanding the waist, hemming, adjusting leg widths, transforming jeans to shorts and skirts, splicing.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
The loafer comes in extended sizes and widths, too.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The design featured an almond toe and two clear straps of differing widths that stretched across the foot, both adorned with pastel jewels.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widths
Noun
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During their recent visit, the three docents set up scopes to zoom in on the nest.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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The Orion Nebula, a showpiece easily visible in small scopes or binoculars below Orion’s Belt, is a bright eyepiece-filling gem.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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In March, China settled on the term ciyuan as the official translation for tokens, a move suggesting Beijing is looking to shape the rules of the AI economy and expand its efforts to counter the US dollar’s dominance in global commerce to digital realms.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
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That hyper-local, hyper-personal sense of trust and the village green is becoming an important bulwark against the erosion of values in other realms.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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But outfielders Jakob Marsee and Owen Caissie and catcher Agustin Ramirez have struggled to various extents.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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Meanwhile, cannabis has been legalized to varying extents in many states.—
Lucy Xiaolu Wang,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
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Companies can reduce that risk by giving managers clearer guidance on pay ranges, internal equity and escalation processes.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The ethics rules do not require disclosure of specific amounts, but ranges of securities purchased.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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What was unexpected, though, was the stark difference between the different geometric features’ fractal dimensions—especially for the surprisingly smooth coastlines.—
Alex Music,
Scientific American,
16 May 2026
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Based on the dimensions of its humerus and femur, the corresponding hind leg bone, the researchers estimated Nagatitan’s body mass at 25 to 28 tons.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Their clean collisions would allow more precise measurements of scattering amplitudes, making the FCC ultrasensitive to indirect signs of new physics.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Jan. 2026
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Second, the large amplitudes of the gravitational waves needed to generate the events that Weber was claiming a detection of would provide more energy than could possibly cosmically exist in any-and-all forms of radiation combined; the Universe as a whole ruled his interpretation out.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Widths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widths. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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