expanse
noun
an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything.
expanses
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pluralof expanse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Much-needed rain brought some respite Monday to firefighters on their fourth day battling Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, which has scorched vast expanses of nature reserve on the German border.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
"What makes this pattern so fascinating is that evolution keeps arriving at similar cooperative solutions in very different groups and across vast expanses of time," says Dorus.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
See Vija Celmins’s expanses of wave-capped oceans, which remain as delicate and ephemeral in drypoint as they are in oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
But its endless expanses have been swept by panic since an outbreak of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease, which was declared a national disaster in February.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
But the sheep were long gone and the tractors had plowed great expanses for wheat and barley.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
