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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 widths
The reconfiguration uses no physical barriers between the bike lane and travel lanes, and lane widths won’t meaningfully change.
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Ian Hembree, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Thankfully, if you’re set on one silhouette in particular, the brand offers several different widths of the same style for customization.
—Noah Kaufman, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2026
The book covers pocket, knee, crotch and belt loop repair techniques, taking in and expanding the waist, hemming, adjusting leg widths, transforming jeans to shorts and skirts, splicing.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
The loafer comes in extended sizes and widths, too.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The design featured an almond toe and two clear straps of differing widths that stretched across the foot, both adorned with pastel jewels.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Decisions on sidewalk and street widths, directionality and signal timing need to be determined by what is best for pedestrians, not by traffic engineers who inevitably favor the flow of cars and trucks.
—Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
The lidar system measures tree locations, heights, crown widths, and stem lengths, producing detailed three-dimensional models.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
The new shape is lighter, more lively and available in more lengths and widths.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Ian Hembree, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Thankfully, if you’re set on one silhouette in particular, the brand offers several different widths of the same style for customization.
—Noah Kaufman, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2026
The book covers pocket, knee, crotch and belt loop repair techniques, taking in and expanding the waist, hemming, adjusting leg widths, transforming jeans to shorts and skirts, splicing.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
The loafer comes in extended sizes and widths, too.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The design featured an almond toe and two clear straps of differing widths that stretched across the foot, both adorned with pastel jewels.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Decisions on sidewalk and street widths, directionality and signal timing need to be determined by what is best for pedestrians, not by traffic engineers who inevitably favor the flow of cars and trucks.
—Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
The lidar system measures tree locations, heights, crown widths, and stem lengths, producing detailed three-dimensional models.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
The new shape is lighter, more lively and available in more lengths and widths.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widths
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Men in khaki stood with scopes on rooftops nearby, and questions among newer protesters circulated.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
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Jonathan Cook testified that police also found 100 other firearms, scopes and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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There are 246 of them, drawn from the everyday realms of agriculture, land surveying, and taxation.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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China has long looked to counter the US dollar’s dominance in international commerce; that push is also extending to digital realms.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Because of this individual variability, losing excess body weight can affect blood pressure to different extents in different people.—
Karen Berger,
Verywell Health,
25 Feb. 2026
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Other agencies impacted to varying extents include the Coast Guard and Secret Service.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
13 Feb. 2026
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The pros and cons of fiber-optic guidance Ukrainian forces have pushed standard FPV drones to ranges of 50 to 60 kilometers by integrating Starlink links, relay drones, and mothership launch platforms.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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SoFi rate ranges are current as of 3/12/26 and are subject to change at any time.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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However, all three home runs also would have been out with the old dimensions.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Fold your jersey and measure it squarely to see which dimensions work best for your frame.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Their clean collisions would allow more precise measurements of scattering amplitudes, making the FCC ultrasensitive to indirect signs of new physics.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Jan. 2026
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Second, the large amplitudes of the gravitational waves needed to generate the events that Weber was claiming a detection of would provide more energy than could possibly cosmically exist in any-and-all forms of radiation combined; the Universe as a whole ruled his interpretation out.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Widths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widths. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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