as in expansion
a wide space or area
the great explorers who crossed the vast expanses of the seven seas in small ships
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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expanse
Noun
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The federal government pays 90% of the costs of Idaho’s Medicaid expansion.—
Sarah Cutler and,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Mar. 2025
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Related Articles Last fall, Bieber spoke to WWD about the expansion of her beauty and skin care company following its U.K. launch in 2023.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But by working in coordinated groups, American subs could cover enormous stretches of ocean, sharing intelligence and planning ambushes together.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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TxDOT intends to shut down the westbound stretch of I-20 — from Markum Ranch to the I-30 split — from 7 p.m. Mar. 8 until 6 a.m. March 9, redirecting vehicles along a similar path as the night prior.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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“Expanse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expanse. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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