1
as in largeness
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as in comprehensiveness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extensiveness
Noun
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For Córdova, that path began with a moment of astonishment: watching a television program about neutron stars as a young woman, she was struck by the immensity of the cosmos and felt the pull of a question that would guide her for a lifetime — how does the universe work?—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025 -
But others, thankfully, find a way to talk about the immensity of caregiving and domestic work without degrading it.—
Elissa Strauss,
Glamour,
10 May 2025
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This is perhaps the O-line that does proud by ‘Pipeline’ moniker Nebraska teams for longer than a generation established a standard of greatness on the offensive line.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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There could be a 180-degree switcheroo that AI suddenly becomes a disappointment and no longer has the aura of greatness.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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But like the enormity of the rest of this bold and destined-to-be-a-classic neo-Western, the intent is to polarize an audience and nudge viewers into looking at their part in the polarization.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 July 2025
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John Adams, the COO, said people come just to take in the enormity of it all.—
Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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Cut off from outside populations, Rome’s freshwater crabs developed a form of gigantism.—
Krista Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
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There were several pictures of people suffering from gigantism, a defect that makes the pituitary gland produce excess growth hormone.—
Jane Smiley
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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“Extensiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extensiveness. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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