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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
The interviews themselves are informative, but unobtrusive, and the while intimate footage of Frazier and Reynolds’ personal lives paints a slightly wider picture of their circumstances, their moods in the aftermath of their unfortunate digital breakthroughs is kept largely at an arm’s length.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Letters are subject to editing for clarity and length.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
The shoulders are 1 inch in diameter, and the length is 4 inches.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Letters will be edited for clarity and length.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Letters are subject to editing for clarity and length.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
The shoulders are 1 inch in diameter, and the length is 4 inches.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Letters will be edited for clarity and length.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for length
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To seal the night, our clients observed the night sky using the historic 100-inch Hooker Telescope, a tool used by the greatest astronomers of the Twentieth Century, including Edwin Hubble, who used it to measure the expansion of the Universe.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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Before the preseason games even happen, there’s a lot to do with an expansion draft for Portland and Toronto as well as free agency for 80% of the league.—
Doug Feinberg,
Twin Cities,
17 Mar. 2026
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Atmos also urged anyone who suspects a natural gas leak to leave the area immediately and, from a safe distance, call 911 and its 24‑hour emergency line at (866) 322‑8667.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Red carpets outside venues like the Paramount Theatre remain accessible (from a distance).—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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That expanse of floor space is more than seven Lenox Square malls or nearly twice the footprint of the Pentagon.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Even the park entrance sign is surrounded by a bed of color, a stark contrast to the barren expanses that usually greet visitors.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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This is also a good time to reduce the width of the shrubs and remove dead or declining portions.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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The collapse of the core of a massive star to a width of around 12 miles (20 kilometers) has another consequence.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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In one of the most affecting stretches in the biography, Oppenheimer recounts how Rudy died prematurely of a heart attack less than a month before Blume’s wedding.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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House District 98 has 65,693 voters and stretches from the resort area’s south end to the North Carolina border.—
Stacy Parker,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The full breadth of the Bruins’ potential on both ends was certainly on display.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Scientific talent, industrial strength, and sectorial breadth The old continent remains one of the world’s strongest regions in science, engineering, and industrial depth.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Length.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/length. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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