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[depth] / dɛpθ /




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The Chargers signed eighth-year offensive lineman Daniel Brunskill to their practice squad earlier in the week to add depth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

I mainly knew she liked “Twilight Zone,” but I didn’t realize the depth of it to the point where she named one of her kids after a character in a “Twilight Zone” episode.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

The quake was registered at a shallow depth of 12 kilometers, meaning its impact was likely to be more severe.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Every detail down to the architecture controlling the drones’ depth perception has taken years to develop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Annunciation of 1344, for example, uses a tiled floor and converging parallels to create a sense of depth of field.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The broadcaster, who turned 100 earlier this year, narrates the new six-part series exploring the darkest depths of the world's oceans, produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Anyone hoping to prosper by holding a leveraged ETF for the long run should ponder Shōhaku’s lions tumbling into the depths of the gorge and the long, treacherous path back to the top.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Not many recall his reported invocation of another work of Sanskrit poetry that reads, “In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame/The good deeds a man has done before defend him.”

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

So while he gave senior international caps to 62 players during that span, he hardly probed the depths of the American talent pool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The whale dived down and Zheng grabbed its barnacled body as they plummeted into the depths, then everything went black again.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook




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