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expanse

[ik-spans] / ɪkˈspæns /


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They lived across a large expanse of Europe and western and central Asia, and sometimes overlapped with our species, Homo sapiens.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Arctic Ocean is covered by a vast expanse of frozen seawater that expands and contracts with the seasons.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Under the arrangement, the federal government would give about an acre on the western boundary of Yosemite National Park’s nearly 750,000-acre expanse, nestled in California’s Sierra Nevada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

This downtrodden expanse of the Antelope Valley unexpectedly achieved a remarkable turnaround last year, reducing by more than half the number of recreational vehicles squatting on its back roads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

It was a seemingly endless expanse of grand rooms, like a mirror reflected in a mirror.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Behind it, a revolving turntable exposed rubble-strewn outdoor expanses and the grim, stony interiors of Macbeth’s castle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Elordi, who hails from Brisbane, is a little more hopeful about the future of the climate in the context of the film - pointing to other parts where you can see lush expanses of greenery.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Much-needed rain brought some respite Monday to firefighters on their fourth day battling Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, which has scorched vast expanses of nature reserve on the German border.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

"What makes this pattern so fascinating is that evolution keeps arriving at similar cooperative solutions in very different groups and across vast expanses of time," says Dorus.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

The milpa is an elaboration of this natural situation, unlike ordinary farms, which involve singlecrop expanses of a sort rarely observed in unplowed landscapes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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