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span

[span] / spæn /




Example Sentences

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The mayor's office said in a statement that the monument, which overlooked the waterway spanning Bridge of the Americas, had structural damage that posed a "risk."

From Barron's

The Kings came out of the NHL’s three-day holiday break having lost six of their last seven, scoring just 11 goals over that span.

From Los Angeles Times

Strips of text spelling “freestyle,” “defects” and “willpower”—each in a unique color and font—span one corner.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over vast spans of time, some of this water was slowly returned to the surface through volcanic and magmatic activity.

From Science Daily

Lin noted that most hurricane categories span a range of about 20 knots, making a separate Category 6 more consistent with how storms are classified.

From Science Daily