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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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

The town around the Sussexes looks like a sun-kissed version of a Windsor Estate, with green acres and wide expanses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 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

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

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