Thesaurus results for SPANNED

spanned

verb

past tense of span

as in measured

to find out the size, extent, or amount of tried to span the distance between the two trees by eye alone

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Recent Examples of spanned The case has spanned three district attorney’s office administrations, which have disagreed over how to handle it. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Dolly Parton's career as an entertainer spanned roughly seven decades. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 In a career that began in a small Louisiana recording studio, Dolly’s bluegrass albums were a fitting capstone to a life’s work that spanned five decades and continues to evolve. — Martha Ackmann, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026 Peter Cullen died on Wednesday, August 26 at the age of 85 after a storied career that spanned seven decades of voice work. — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2026 Drake's contributions Ford said her 32-year tenure at the company spanned traditional powertrains to advanced electric propulsion and grid-scale energy storage. — Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Selberg's career at Germantown Fire Department spanned 45 years, according to his Linkedin page. — Corey Davis, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 27 Aug. 2026 Parton spanned social and political divides, through multiple generations of fans, urban and rural and in between. — Kristin M. Hall, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 The country music icon, whose entertainment career and humanitarian efforts spanned decades, died peacefully in her beloved Nashville, her representatives shared in a statement on the day of her death. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026

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However, the report noted that the gap remains substantially wider when measured by value.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
The rise lifted some components of the index into overbought territory, as measured by the relative strength index (RSI), a momentum indicator that tracks the speed and size of price changes.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

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The Texas Politics Projects also gauged voter’s opinions on other statewide races set for the November midterm ballot, including the contest for Texas governor.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026
In a test call, the bot accurately generated action items and gauged the sentiment as neutral (and not requiring immediate action).

— John Brandon, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026

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