spacing

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Coach Mike Brown’s “five-out” approach ensures every player is a 3-point threat, creating wide spacing to stretch defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The idea is to use cumulative firepower and wide-open spacing to stretch any defense—even one led by the great wall of Wembanyama—until it snaps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

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

They will have three years to comply with the plant spacing requirements for the rest of Zone Zero.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Once people began to produce food and become sedentary, they could shorten the birth spacing and produce still more people, requiring still more food.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond