width
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The hulking, three-story gray concrete structure is the width of a city block, with entrances on Tobias Avenue and Van Nuys Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The machines use focused beams of ultraviolet light to etch on wafers of silicon billions of transistors roughly the width of a strand of DNA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
They changed the width of the antennas as well as the size and placement of the corrugations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Spain's use of width creates space for Lamine Yamal and enables them to generate chances, while Rodri and Pedri dominate midfield, controlling possession and dictating the tempo of the game.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
There was a trip wire, barely thicker than a human hair, running the entire width of the room, and the French windows were alarmed.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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It is currently in the process of updating its track widths to match the European standard.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
Ultra-short pulse laser sources, with pulse widths from picoseconds to femtoseconds, enable precise processing at scales ranging from microns to tens of microns.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Three red rubber bands in varying sizes and widths.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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Geometry - Introductory
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Geometry (Base List)
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