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  • past participle of spin.
  • past tense form of spin.
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span

[span] / spæn /




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Ultimately, you want to choose the age at which you’d receive the most total dollar value over the span of your lifetime receiving benefits.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

The tour, which kicked off in April and stretched well into 2027, will span 34 cities.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

In the span of a single week, two deals reshaped the future of American media by concentrating something more valuable than content itself: control over how Americans find and consume it.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026

This proactive approach will broaden and improve the span of normal and meaningful living.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

For twenty years, over the entire life span of the revolutionary war and the experiment with republican government, Washington had stood at the helm of the ship of state.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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