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as in expansion
a wide space or area
a great breadth of land awaited those who were brave and hardy enough to settle it
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as in scope
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
the breadth of his knowledge on the subject is awesome
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Recent Examples of breadth
As lawmakers develop budget legislation, the size and breadth of potential cuts to Medicaid will come into view.
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
Quantum computers can use carefully orchestrated arrays of qubits to simultaneously consider all possible values, exponentially increasing the speed and breadth of calculations.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2025
Australia boasts some of the world’s oldest vines and wines; generally very good farming practices; living wages and fair conditions for vineyard workers; and a breadth of wines from over 160 varieties to suit all palates.
—Christina Pickard, Bon Appétit, 5 Mar. 2025
Despite the depth and breadth of his transactions, Sweeney did not classify his work as a teardown.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
Quantum computers can use carefully orchestrated arrays of qubits to simultaneously consider all possible values, exponentially increasing the speed and breadth of calculations.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2025
Australia boasts some of the world’s oldest vines and wines; generally very good farming practices; living wages and fair conditions for vineyard workers; and a breadth of wines from over 160 varieties to suit all palates.
—Christina Pickard, Bon Appétit, 5 Mar. 2025
Despite the depth and breadth of his transactions, Sweeney did not classify his work as a teardown.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breadth
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For those unfamiliar with Pokémon cards, an Elite Trainer Box is a special collector's box containing a variety of cards, packs, and accessories designed for fans looking to enhance their collection or dive into a new expansion.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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The game’s success has lead to multiple expansions and placement on retail shelves next to board game classics like Monopoly and Clue.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Their worlds feel just as grand in scope as famously massive games like The Elder Scrolls — presenting lush alien lands filled with tons of diverse creatures and wildlife, and hundreds of individual NPCs that often have unique stories to tell.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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Kickstart Your Day with The Morning Jolt The practice of individual judges, in locales favorable to the litigants, issuing injunctions that are nationwide in scope and affect parties not before the courts raises many grave objections.—
The Editors,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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Even along the relatively mild coasts, where summer temperatures hover just below freezing, the land is a barren expanse of rock, ice and snow.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Across the South Pole’s frozen expanse, there lives only one purely terrestrial animal: a tiny insect called the Antarctic midge.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
8 Mar. 2025
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To the extent Medicare receives funding from the states, expect higher state and local taxes, property taxes, and consumption taxes like sales and use taxes, to cover the shortfall.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Also striking: several court cases in Florida highlight the extent to which criminal networks operate to funnel weapons to Haiti and its menacing gangs.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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Among the longest living species today, the yellow sea snake (Hydrophis spiralis) can grow up to 3 meters (roughly 10 feet) in length.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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This interview has been edited for length and clarity.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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One reason Miéville attracts this kind of discussion is because his work puts him in the realm of authors like Ursula K. Le Guin, Samuel Delaney and William Gibson, who trade in big ideas rather than genre tropes.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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The first film saw the Outworld sorcerer Shang Tsung (Chin Han) and his forces attempt to wipe out Earth's champions before the big Mortal Kombat tournament between fighters from different realms.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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The schedule-makers compounded matters by handing the Knicks seven road games in an eight-game stretch, including two sets of road back-to-backs.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Coby White can’t be stopped — or slowed — as the new focal point for the Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are enjoying a rare stretch of positivity — and Coby White is the engine driving them through every win and loss.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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The company’s diverse range of offerings includes payload and protection systems, aerodynamic interstage systems, and propulsion and launch systems.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
16 Mar. 2025
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The menu had a range of options: a few different burgers, plus hot dogs, chili cheese dogs, veggie burgers, chicken burgers and a burger salad.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacramento Bee,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Breadth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadth. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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