widths

Definition of widthsnext
plural of width

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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. 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
  • The defense argued the searches were outside the scopes of the various search policies and police were illegally looking for incriminating evidence rather than performing legitimate safety or inventory searches.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
  • During their recent visit, the three docents set up scopes to zoom in on the nest.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Following the news of Busch’s death, notable names in the racing and sports realms offered their condolences to his family and lamented his racing legacy as one of the best in the sport’s history.
    Mike Kaye Updated May 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • But outfielders Jakob Marsee and Owen Caissie and catcher Agustin Ramirez have struggled to various extents.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, cannabis has been legalized to varying extents in many states.
    Lucy Xiaolu Wang, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There’s nothing more infectious than sitting and laughing in a theater with a bunch of people with different age ranges and backgrounds.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 May 2026
  • At the same time, more advanced Ukrainian drones with longer ranges have evaded air defenses and attacked Russian oil export terminals, limiting the gains from higher oil prices.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • But as components approach atomic dimensions, further miniaturization has become increasingly difficult and expensive.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
  • The falcon combines aerodynamic engineering, specialized respiratory adaptations, visual stabilization, skeletal resilience, and astonishing neuromuscular precision into a hunting system refined for life in three dimensions.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 27 May. 2026.

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