as in scope
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
surprised by the width of his power and influence in the oil business
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Recent Examples of width
The width of a human hair, for comparison, ranges from 20 to 200 micrometers.
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Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
The Mormon Wives star, 32, took to Instagram on March 4 to talk about her Weir excision — a procedure that reduces the width of a person's nostrils — and how her time on the show affected her decision to have the surgery.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
By late 2024, many neighbors were heavily lobbying for the city to change the project’s design, saying the back-in parking spots would be impossible for teen drivers to manage and the narrowed vehicle roadway widths would slow both freeway commuters and fire responders.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
They’re finished with subtle whiskering at the thighs, thick cuffs around the ankles, and 23-inch leg openings that are the perfect width to let a pair of pointy-toe heels peek through.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
The Mormon Wives star, 32, took to Instagram on March 4 to talk about her Weir excision — a procedure that reduces the width of a person's nostrils — and how her time on the show affected her decision to have the surgery.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
By late 2024, many neighbors were heavily lobbying for the city to change the project’s design, saying the back-in parking spots would be impossible for teen drivers to manage and the narrowed vehicle roadway widths would slow both freeway commuters and fire responders.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
They’re finished with subtle whiskering at the thighs, thick cuffs around the ankles, and 23-inch leg openings that are the perfect width to let a pair of pointy-toe heels peek through.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for width
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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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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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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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Also, roughly 10% of FS KKR’s investments are tied up in Credit Opportunities Partners JV, a joint venture with South Carolina Retirement Systems Group Trust that invests capital across a range of investments.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The narrator is my own voice, and then Dorian is up in a higher head range.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Width.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/width. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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