1
as in largeness
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2
as in comprehensiveness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extensiveness
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The resulting Hubble Deep Field image revealed about 3,000 distant galaxies, offering humanity's first profound look into the universe's true immensity and revealing a cosmos teeming with galaxies, even at extreme distances.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025 -
The sheer immensity of the tent city is jaw-dropping, a hinterland oblivion of yurts and RVs, all stretching into the distance as far as the eye can see.—
Barrett Swanson,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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In the three matches that followed, Chelsea kept three clean sheets from three wins, setting a new threshold of domestic greatness in the process by becoming the first team to go unbeaten in a 22-game WSL season.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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More: Trump will end Syria sanctions to 'give them a chance at greatness' The Israeli escalation came against Palestinian hopes that the Trump visit might provide pressure for a deescalation of violence.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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And as Suryavanshi walked off, television cameras caught him wiping away a tear, perhaps caught in the enormity of the moment.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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Hence cutting funding to grants that are subject to rigorous competition highlights the enormity of the problem that US science faces at this moment, relative to its geopolitical rivals, especially China.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Egg-laying, too, has been cited as a critical factor in gigantism.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 May 2025
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This dramatic transformation is among the most extreme cases of island gigantism in birds, likely unfolding in under two million years as the eagle adapted to New Zealand’s ecosystem.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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“Extensiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extensiveness. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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