extent
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But those figures don’t come close to expressing the full extent of future spending to which Google parent Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Oracle and many others have committed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Those predictions have been correct, to an extent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Basildon should be robust and tackle it head on and not be afraid to use the full extent of the powers available to it," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The full extent of the damage is still being assessed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
I thought it had looked bad at night, but in the glaring light of morning, I could see the whole extent of the damage.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
All three regions subsidize EV purchases to varying extents.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Since then, Antarctica has shown a series of very low sea-ice extents, although there is still lots of natural variability.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
"Some species, like the elegant madtom, had high relative sensitivity across spatial extents yet had no state or federal conservation listings," Silknetter said.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
Their geographic extents and how long they lasted were similar.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
In this manner spiders are known to cross extents of many miles.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 276, October 6, 1827 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing extent
Commonly Confused Words, List 5
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James Monroe's First Inaugural Address (1817)
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Words from the First 2020 Presidential Debate
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