space out
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Law-student-turned-coxswain Maisie Dixon held a chain attached to the bank, a system devised to space out crews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
By playing into these areas, Panama would converge on the ball, in turn opening up space out wide.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Services can include detailed instructions on which cards to open and how to space out card applications to limit damage to credit scores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
“There’s no reason to delay or space out vaccines,” O’Leary said.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025
When a librarian at the George Bruce commented that I probably wasn’t reading all the books I took out, I began to space out my visits.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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