- plural of expanse.
expanses
Example Sentences
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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
With it, Ellington didn’t just adjust to a technological innovation; he embraced it as a fresh canvas, stretching his musical imagination across unprecedented expanses of time and sound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Chinese dresses at that time were dartless, cut as if women did not have breasts; these young doctors, unaccustomed to decorations, may have seen their chests as black expanses with no reference points for flowers.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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