Thesaurus results for WIDTHS

widths

noun

plural of width

as in scopes

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 faux suede boots, which are available in standard and wide calf widths, feature a pointed toe, block heels, and a slouchy design. — Isabel Bekele, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026 The shoes come in a range of fun color combinations and sizes 5–16, including half sizes and wide widths. — Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 Accessibility All areas of the hotel are accessible by wheelchair, with compliant door widths. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026 From that glossy start emerges an elaborate, colossal bun composed of braids in varying widths—from pencil-thin plaits woven around the base to chunkier folds making up the lion’s share of the height-enhancing sculpture. — Marci Robin, Allure, 29 June 2026 Like other Birkenstock shoes, its strap is adjustable, but the shoe also comes in two widths—one for narrow feet and one for wider feet. — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026 These priority zones focus on pedestrian traffic by installing crosswalks at all intersections, banning right turns on red lights, increasing crossing time, shading sidewalks, lowering speed limits and reducing driving lane widths. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026 Once the ramp reopens, traffic lane widths will be reduced, officials said. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 The North Star should be about three of your fist-widths at arm’s length to the lower right of Dubhe and Merak. — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 14 June 2026

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As marketing departments respond to these market changes, procurement executives’ scopes are evolving in parallel.

— Michelle Douglas, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Avian scopes are typically below 20, and so are the scopes for fishes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026

Definition of scopes

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Among the concert recordings are three full concerts being released for the very first time and several more full recordings of shows that have been excerpted, to varying extents, for past releases.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
Hunt, Avantika, and Angus are especially good as overgrown kids trying, to varying extents, to hide their softness beneath ambition.

— Judy Berman, Time, 1 June 2026

Definition of extents

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This is especially true for the Sierra and North Coast ranges, where extra snowfall could come in the form of significantly higher-than-normal totals in the high peaks.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The Century City flagship in Los Angeles, for example, carries the full women's and men's ranges alongside its more recent scrubs business, while incorporating smart fitting rooms connected to customers' membership profiles and purchase histories.

— Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of ranges

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The Pro shares the same exact dimensions and geometry with the original X-Dome 1+, ensuring the same level of comfort at camp.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
Part of that will depend on whether Black, whom the new staff thinks has the physical dimensions to be a high-level nose tackle, ends up playing well over the center, which would allow the Steelers at times to shift Benton over.

— Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of dimensions

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This hardware is used to test different combinations of wavelengths and amplitudes during calibration.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
But the physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed and collaborators realized that there were more compact ways to understand these scattering amplitudes.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 June 2026

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