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rangy

[rayn-jee] / ˈreɪn dʒi /


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A supersizing of the series format, it doesn’t significantly alter the rangy charm of Wilson’s video-captured eccentricities, a sturdy foundation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Unlike the Grateful Dead or Phish, who are known for their rangy improvisations, one Styles concert is usually not that different from the next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The slender and rangy left-hander Kemp, almost Ben Stokes-like with a flowing bat swing, hits cleanly straight or, as shown with her two sixes against Scotland, over mid-wicket.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

An old soul with with a huge, commanding voice, his catalog hovers between the orchestral swoon of pre-rock ballads, the pristine melodies of Anita Baker and the rangy, resilient yearning of his hometown’s soul tradition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Early the following morning Edmund Hillary, a rangy New Zealander, and Tenzing Norgay, a highly skilled Sherpa mountaineer, set out for the top breathing bottled oxygen.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

It’s a funnier, rangier and in some ways more ambitious play that gives its central character attributes both magnetic and off-putting.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023

A dwarf sport of the larger and rangier ‘Baggesen’s Gold’, ‘Twiggy’ brightens shady parts of the garden, where the foliage will be bright chartreuse.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2022

But if Reynolds can provide a rangier target, that gives LaFleur, play-caller McVay and, most important, Goff more options.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2017

Yet, Diaz, more experienced, heavier, rangier and unfazed, kept rolling his hands before throwing.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2016

The two Swifts resembled each other closely—each had deep-set blue eyes and clean-cut features—although Tom was somewhat taller and rangier.

From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Charles Brey

Bol Bol is nearly half a foot shorter than his father was, but, at 7-feet-2-inches tall, he’s still one of the league’s rangiest players.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2020

At 25, Mr. Westman, a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, is not only the rangiest, but also the youngest of the Hamiltons I have seen.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2018

Lawrence Timmons, SteelersArguably the rangiest inside linebacker in the NFL, Timmons broke out with 135 tackles, 11 passes defenses, three forced fumbles, and three sacks.

From Newsweek ● Jan. 19, 2011

In fact, she describes the song as "vocally the rangiest piece we did; the text is so enigmatic and strange."

From Reuters ● Apr. 16, 2010




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