1
as in expansion
a wide space or area
a great breadth of land awaited those who were brave and hardy enough to settle it
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2
as in scope
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
the breadth of his knowledge on the subject is awesome
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Recent Examples of breadth
What makes the extended 2020–2025 period noteworthy is the length of sustained high prices, the breadth across all categories, and the overlap of multiple crises such as the pandemic, geopolitical instability and climate change.
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Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
Jessie Murph: 'Blue Strips' The breadth of genres featured on Spotify's list is nothing new.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Paired with the ensemble of braiders is their unpredictable clientele – a string of characters demonstrating the breadth of the American women filling salon chairs, from party girls to nepo babies and sleepy nurses coming off the night shift.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The breadth of his output is the kind of thing more writers should aspire to: science-fiction, mystery, crime, literary fiction, humor, tragedy.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
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Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
Jessie Murph: 'Blue Strips' The breadth of genres featured on Spotify's list is nothing new.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Paired with the ensemble of braiders is their unpredictable clientele – a string of characters demonstrating the breadth of the American women filling salon chairs, from party girls to nepo babies and sleepy nurses coming off the night shift.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The breadth of his output is the kind of thing more writers should aspire to: science-fiction, mystery, crime, literary fiction, humor, tragedy.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breadth
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The changes should spur the expansion of housing in urban areas that are close to jobs and transportation and make an impactful contribution toward addressing the housing crisis in California by narrowing the gap between housing demand and supply.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Infrastructure And Security Must Scale With Innovation With the proliferation of AI, IoT and edge computing, enterprises are seeing a massive expansion in the volume of connected devices, data streams and computing endpoints.—
Massimo Peselli,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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The Trump administration has dramatically curtailed the ability for those facing deportation to be released from immigration detention, its latest effort to expand the scope of its sweeping immigration crackdown, sources briefed on the policy change told CBS News.—
July 15,
CBS News,
15 July 2025
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By expanding their scope to include internal as well as external threats, organizations can build real resilience and ensure a systemic and coordinated approach to both executive and enterprise security.—
Control Risks,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Places like Antarctica, Tasmania, and New Zealand sometimes offer glimpses of the elusive southern lights, but one of the most compelling places to witness the celestial event is in Patagonia, the mountainous expanse that straddles southern Argentina and Chile.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
6 July 2025
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Arizona, with its abundant sun, lack of oil and gas resources, open desert expanses and business-friendly policies, has been a leader in welcoming clean energy progress incentivized by Biden-era programs.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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For much of the public, the full extent of the destruction does not yet seem to have sunk in, partly because the military censor has prohibited publishing the location of direct hits.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
11 July 2025
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The extent of the driver’s injuries were not immediately clear.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
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Money measures value the way a clock measures time, a ruler measures length and a scale measures weight.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Beaches on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast The Pacific coast runs the length of the country’s western edge, and the landscape is more varied and rugged than on the Caribbean.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 July 2025
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The Dreck Equation is an appeal to policymakers to recognize that unwarranted regulation of every sort, not just notice and comment but realms beyond can sacrifice startups, employment and wealth creation.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Spoelstra said a fourth-year leap with the 6-foot-10 forward certainly is within the realm.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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That might include coaching, shadowing, stretch projects or focused learning interventions.—
David James,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Although some newcomers understandably associate Texas with its long stretches of severe drought, cycles of flash flooding are just as definitive.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
7 July 2025
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What’s more, China is deploying surface-to-surface missiles of sufficient range and number to destroy American bases in Guam, the Philippines, and Japan.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Ultium Cells Spring Hill began production in April 2024 producing only nickel cobalt manganese aluminum batteries, which has allowed GM to produce vehicles capable of exceeding 300 miles of range on a charge.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
14 July 2025
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“Breadth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadth. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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