spreading

Example Sentences

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Spreading out a smaller adjustment over many years would help distribute the financial burden among current and future generations, avoiding immediate, punitive tax hikes.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Spreading its bets, HSG is increasingly looking for big-ticket investments in private equity and has set up offices in Singapore, London and Tokyo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

"Spreading caramel onto wafers is very, very difficult because it's so sticky," says Mr Louden.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Spreading over dozens of hectares of protected tropical rainforest, Tacugama is home to the critically endangered Western chimpanzee, which is threatened by habitat loss and poaching for bushmeat.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

Spreading broad wings and reaching talons out, he met the two head on, withering them with fire, and then turned to the third, who was larger than he and armed also with fire.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin