spread out
Example Sentences
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About 60 volunteers with clipboards spread out over Hollywood on Tuesday morning to count every tent, makeshift shelter, lived-in vehicle and obviously homeless person.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Unlike ordinary light pulses that gradually spread out, solitons maintain their shape as they move.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The proposed $2.25 billion in bill credits would go to Dominion Energy customers in Virginia and the Carolinas, spread out over the first two years once the deal closes.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Palantir software takes an organization’s data, which may be spread out across many different systems and formats, and uses artificial intelligence to draw relationships between disparate data points, aiding customers in decision-making.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
He’s got a newspaper with him today, spread out on the seat of his motorcycle.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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