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expanse

[ik-spans] / ɪkˈspæns /


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“Russia has so many vast resources, vast expanses of land,” Witkoff told The Wall Street Journal, describing at length his hopes that Russia, Ukraine and America would all become business partners.

From The Wall Street Journal

With just a handful of family homes and two dozen people in total, it was more like a dot in the middle of an expanse of farmland in northern Ghana.

From BBC

The Delta — a pancake-flat expanse wedged between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers in the northwestern part of the state — has long been defined by a contradiction.

From New York Times

As even greater expanses of playa are exposed by the shrinking lake in coming years, those health impacts will likely become much worse.

From Salon

A short forest path leads down to the vast sandy expanse.

From Seattle Times