expanse
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Sculpted into the eastern landscape, a series of stone terraces with a bluestone bar directly overlook Greenwich Cove and the vast protected expanse of Greenwich Point Park.”
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
On Thursday, his administration unveiled plans to transform one of the capital’s unassuming municipal golf courses into a luxe, 18-hole expanse that could someday host major tournaments.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
It’s another track about zooming out and then back in, taking in the expanse of the world and then noticing that your own corner of it is rupturing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
The militia member said the number of dead was unknown, as the operation on the vast expanse of water and marshland between Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad was still ongoing.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Like the crystalline blue sky over their heads, and the gentle wind that cooled them, and the expanse of green lawns that he had known all his life.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Vocabulary lists containing expanse
The Giver
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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