breadth

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A ruling at the Supreme Court in August limited the breadth of these cases, which otherwise could have extended to tens of billions of pounds.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

“Rising bond yields have been an increasingly negative influence on market breadth and the performance of bonds versus cash,” Tim Hayes, chief global strategist for Ned Davis Research, wrote Thursday.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Some of that breadth is seen at the beginning in some astonishing newsreel footage from the era, which segues into Jacir’s establishing story threads.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Some models can spool this wire as far as 30 miles, which is about the breadth of the Strait of Hormuz at its narrowest point.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

We mustn’t swoon over every extraordinary number that comes before us, but it is perhaps worth latching on to one from time to time just to be reminded of their ungraspable and amazing breadth.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson