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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

Near the upper center of the scene, the Po Valley stands out as a broad expanse of green and brown.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Key to lofty valuations being assigned to the likes of Anthropic and OpenAI is the assumption of massive growth—growth that can only occur if more data centers are opened to build and fuel AI’s expanse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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

I freeze, staring at the blank expanse of canvas.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

"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

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

Nowhere does that make more sense than in the frozen expanses of the Arctic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

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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