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It also gives Congress the power to set a uniform Election Day, which Congress has done for all federal elections across a number of statutes spanning two centuries.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026

A central development from the Federal Open Market Committee meeting last week was the announcement of five task forces spanning communications, the balance sheet, data, productivity and labor markets, and inflation frameworks.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

It is remarkable to think that the original Greenspan Commission was a successful operation featuring 15 distinguished Americans spanning the partisan aisle.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Burrows won 11 Emmy Awards and five Directors Guild of America Awards.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

We arrive to find an inch-thick steel cable spanning the gorge, stretched between a fifteen-foot tower on our side of the river and an outcrop on the far shore, four hundred feet away.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer