as in distance
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
the spacing of the houses was a little tight
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Recent Examples of spacing
Teams are taking advantage of the simple fact that three is worth more than two, but better court spacing has also enabled more drives and cuts to the rim.
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
In Cleveland, Bickerstaff was forced to learn a thing or two about suboptimal spacing, as the team regularly deployed two bigs at the same time in Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The spacing wasn’t great, and the lack of Brandin Podziemski’s playmaking was felt, but the starters generally held their own.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
There’s a choice of eye-catching templates and text that can be styled to match a story using controls for alignment, size, direction, color and spacing.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
In Cleveland, Bickerstaff was forced to learn a thing or two about suboptimal spacing, as the team regularly deployed two bigs at the same time in Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The spacing wasn’t great, and the lack of Brandin Podziemski’s playmaking was felt, but the starters generally held their own.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
There’s a choice of eye-catching templates and text that can be styled to match a story using controls for alignment, size, direction, color and spacing.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spacing
Noun
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The reason being is to not overwhelm the whole creatures and maintain a safe distance from them.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Our last fare of the day is a white-bearded man who gets picked up outside an apartment complex at 3:54 pm, then dropped off a short distance away, near a UPS store in the Financial District.WIRED Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
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As with Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard, the width and traffic speed of state roads in urban neighborhoods now frequently clash with local desires for street safety, quality transit service, and pedestrian comfort.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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Since the average width of the ring system is only around 30 to 50 feet on average, that doesn’t leave us that much to see.Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
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The difference in length comes from strategic editing.Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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The length of Nichushkin’s contract — the eight-year deal runs through the 2029-30 season — provides cover for the Avs.Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Spacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spacing. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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