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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Elordi, who hails from Brisbane, is a little more hopeful about the future of the climate in the context of the film - pointing to other parts where you can see lush expanses of greenery.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
New Yorkers take part in a snowball fight in Brooklyn's McCarren Park, as a major winter storm sweeps through vast expanses of the United States.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
I'm accustomed to the wide-open expanses of Acidalia Planitia, my former prairie home.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
