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Now baseball has coldly defined the strike zone as 17 inches of plate width, 8.5 inches of plate depth, passing between 53.5 and 27% of his height.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Both are around 20 miles wide, with most ships using just a small portion of that width.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Anthony, scorer of Burnley's second goal, was offside by the width of his shoulder, something he described as "disappointing".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

The most welcome technologies are those that help me contend with the lane-spanning width.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Finally the warriors were still and silent, watching each other face to face across the width of the combat ground.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman