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Recent Examples of expanse Hoppe and her colleagues worked in the darkness of 24-hour night, amid expanses of glittering ice and wind chills down to minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025 Rogers represents California Assembly District 2, a sprawling expanse of Northern California that includes the town of Willow Grove, epicenter of the early Bigfoot sightings back in the 1950s. Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025 Charles White Park, a grassy expanse at Lincoln and Fair Oaks, is the rare public park in the United States named for a Black artist. Sam Lubell, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 What To Know Footage from the scene captured emergency vehicles and heavily armed police stationed along one side of the memorial, a sprawling expanse of grey concrete pillars where the attack occurred. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for expanse
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Noun
  • Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump is calling for the expansion of crisis intervention programs as new data shows police killings hit a record high in 2024 — despite a national decline in violent crime.
    Delano Massey, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Mining and refining minerals is highly energy-intensive, meaning that any expansion of production will require massive investments in rebuilding power infrastructure.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The sound mix can be a little fuzzy wuzzy at times, dropping whole stretches of lyrics into almost indecipherable murkiness.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Padre Island National Seashore is the longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island in the world, and the seemingly infinite sprawl of land and sea engulfs the senses and feels like full immersion in seaside nature.
    Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The fate of Gaza has been discussed at length, including a proposal from President Donald Trump to remove residents from Gaza and redevelop the land, a proposal that drew widespread backlash, with some calling it ethnic cleansing.
    Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2025
  • This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 1 Mar. 2025

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“Expanse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expanse. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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