spacing

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But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Weyerhaeuser is creating a digital twin of its timberlands using satellite imagery, drone photography and lidar, which will tell the company the size, species and spacing of each tree.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"By tweaking the spacing and height of the nanopillars, we discovered how tightly they are packed together is far more important than how tall they are for breaking viruses apart," Mah said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

The distance between these "pearls" closely matches the usual spacing between nucleoids.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Gradually she assembled data from her friends at school, carefully spacing her questions weeks apart so as not to arouse suspicion.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee