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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
the coach exceeded the extent of his authority by exempting some of the players from the requirement
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as in expansion
a wide space or area
the seemingly endless extent of the windswept prairies
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as in scope
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
the extent of this criminal investigation has widened considerably since it began
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as in size
the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something
looking at the extent of the stain on my shirt, you might think that I had spilled a gallon of coffee
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Recent Examples of extent
To some extent, there was an element of escaping that social media world that can take over our lives.
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Fiction Non Fiction
august 14, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
Accomplished at riding these vehicles and feeling invincible, I was shocked as anyone at the extent of damage to my right elbow as a result of the fall.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Godwin expressed hope that the court will intervene, allowing tenants to retrieve their property and salvageable items from their units, mitigating the damages to the extent possible for the residents.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
To an extent, these new dates are makeup shows, as Cindy Lee was due to play the Empty Bottle and venues in Brooklyn, Toronto, and Montreal.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 12 Aug. 2025
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Fiction Non Fiction
august 14, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
Accomplished at riding these vehicles and feeling invincible, I was shocked as anyone at the extent of damage to my right elbow as a result of the fall.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Godwin expressed hope that the court will intervene, allowing tenants to retrieve their property and salvageable items from their units, mitigating the damages to the extent possible for the residents.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
To an extent, these new dates are makeup shows, as Cindy Lee was due to play the Empty Bottle and venues in Brooklyn, Toronto, and Montreal.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extent
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For instance, in a practical deployment, I leveraged interval proofs to continually confirm that a fund’s leverage ratios never breached pre-established limits.—
Mirror Tang,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Here are the inspection scores and violations for restaurants within the city limits of Dallas for Aug. 3rd - Aug. 9th, 2025.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Aug. 2025
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The new location is in Tamarac, in a retail center at Commercial Boulevard and University Drive, anchored by Publix. CEO and founder Chris Johnson says demographics are driving the company’s expansion in the state.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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Belmont University's Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business has opened the first of two phases of its $58 million Music Row expansion.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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Bogotá’s secretary of government stated that the event’s private security measures were overwhelmed and clarified that investigations are underway to understand the full scope of what occurred, according to local paper El Tiempo.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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Metro and his co-producers nailed the full scope of the futuristic era, from the earworm melodies of neon synths and spooky keys with reverb to the subtleties of the pitter-pattering drum programming.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Though the sample size is perilously small, those victories over Leverkusen and Milan yielded several candidates.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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Sure, the check sizes are bigger in the NFL and NBA, but for family offices with $100 million to invest, sports teams are now viewed as a reasonable allocation alongside stocks, bonds, commodities and real estate.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Disabilities exist on a spectrum that includes temporary and situational limitations that affect every single user at some point.—
Sowmya Hariharan,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Weight limitations: Glass cooktops often have specific weight limits, and using multiple cast-iron pans may exceed those limits.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
18 Aug. 2025
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But the Connector will run through a critical portion of the Florida Wildlife Corridor, an 18-million-acre expanse of state land that provides habitat for many fragile plants and animals, said Jason Lauritsen, the chief conservation officer with the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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My route from the airport passed thick cornfields, lush trees, and expanses of green grass.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Still, in the realm of your romantic partnerships, themes surrounding your independence and individuality (or lack thereof) could also come up for review.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Maladaptive daydreaming is a form of intense daydreaming characterized by the creation of unrealistic or fantastical situations, conversations, or stories in one’s own mind that are outside the realm of a person’s day-to-day life.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
7 Aug. 2025
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The series does not shy away from examining the racial dimension of the disaster and its aftermath.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
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The main thrust of democratic socialism—economic fairness—resonates with many Americans, but potentially more so with racial minorities due to their history of exclusion from the workforce, housing, and other critical dimensions of the American ecosystem.—
Jerel Ezell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Extent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extent. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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