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expanses

NOUN

large space, usually open

Synonyms

STRONGEST

plain stretch tract wilderness

STRONG

amplitude area belt breadth compass distance domain extension extent field immensity latitude length margin orbit radius range reach region remoteness room scope span sphere spread sweep territory width

WEAK

uninterrupted space

Antonyms

STRONG

extreme height limitation

Example Sentences

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See Vija Celmins’s expanses of wave-capped oceans, which remain as delicate and ephemeral in drypoint as they are in oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

But its endless expanses have been swept by panic since an outbreak of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease, which was declared a national disaster in February.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

His hymn to Aten is an exercise in majesty, an ode not just to the sun but to the expanses in which our solar system circulates.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

New Yorkers take part in a snowball fight in Brooklyn's McCarren Park, as a major winter storm sweeps through vast expanses of the United States.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Now, along the lonely expanses of wiry turf, the air wavered.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams