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[width, witth, with] / wɪdθ, wɪtθ, wɪθ /


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Against Croatia, Saka similarly found himself in central areas when Quansah held the width but played as a winger when Quansah moved centrally.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The runway slope and width create what’s known as a crowned runway illusion that distorts a pilot’s perception of height and distance during their final approach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The longtime Wedge bodysurfer figures the beach has lost around two-thirds of its width this year, leaving just 50 yards or so between the water and the first row of homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Johns Hopkins described them as roughly 100 times smaller than a hair's width.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

To wear a false name galls me, but nothing else would save me, or get me dear across the width of Orgoreyn to the coast of the Western Sea.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Drilling delivered high gold grades, strong widths, and mineralized extensions, says analyst Mike Millikan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

The idea was that properties would be continuously redeveloped and that the streets would eventually reach new, consistent widths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024

The plan is to send multiple pipes of differing widths through the estimated 60m debris wall to create a micro-tunnel through which the workers can crawl out of the tunnel.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023

In their experiments, the team first synthesized single-crystal micropillars of CsPbX3 with diameters and widths ranging from 0.4 to 2 μm and lengths of 3 to 10 μm, using the vapour-liquid-solid method.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023

I could no longer use only my eyes to guess heights and widths and all that.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore




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