SPRAWLS Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

sprawls

verb

present tense third-person singular of sprawl

as in extends

to extend outwards from or as if from a central point The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown.

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as in sits

to rest with the arms and legs spread out There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work.

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Recent Examples of sprawls The area sprawls across six English counties including Gloucestershire, where King Charles III and Queen Camilla often spend time at Highgrove, their private country residence. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Great Basin National Park Great Basin’s beauty sprawls across 77,000 acres, with sky-high peaks, limestone caves, tranquil lakes, and groves of ancient Bristlecone pines, some of which are among the oldest trees on Earth. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026 Our range includes a meandering cowboy odyssey that sprawls from a nowhere town in Texas to Big Sky country, a poignantly observant memoir from a wild child Dreamlander, and a careful dissection of a situationship set to the rhythms of 1970s Brazil. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 Open side windows offer a panoramic view of farmland that sprawls in all directions. — Midwest Living, 6 July 2026 In a place where many homes lean into glass, driftwood tones and a conventional layout, this one sprawls like a resort, with sleeping quarters separated into individual pavilion-like structures. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026 This is largely the doing of the seventy-five-year-old patriarch who has expanded a small jute-processing company into a commercial and industrial empire that sprawls across much of the country. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 The lawn sprawls 58,000 square feet. — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 15 June 2026 The property, aptly christened Tall Timber, sprawls across an impressive 200 acres amid the San Juan National Forest. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 June 2026

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This effort extends beyond physical chip export controls, which have proven difficult to enforce, with new legislation like the Remote Access Security Act aiming to curb remote access.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The deal also extends the expiration date of non-refundable tax credits issued prior to 2025 by up to five years.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of extends

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The InnoAsia Startup Demo Jam sits at the center of the first track, with nine companies, drawn from the open call and international partner recommendations, pitching AI, virtual production and digital-asset technologies to investors and buyers.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Because this threshold sits far beyond the operational temperatures of the core, the coolant cannot flash into steam.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of sits

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What gets prototyped there radiates into field trips, after-school programs and summer camps that reach thousands of children a year.

— Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Bieniemy radiates discipline and accountability and, of course, carries an intimate understanding of the offense and has Reid’s trust.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of radiates

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And as a guy in power armor, Iron Man straddles the line of being a mecha, but his Marvel Tokon design spotlights Gundam and Tekkaman influences.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
The brand is the latest in the Iris portfolio that straddles health and aesthetics.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

Definition of straddles

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In Bait, Ahmed stars as struggling actor Shah Latif, who flops in his audition to play James Bond and then becomes consumed by the quest to become the first Pakistani 007.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
Starter addition flops Last season’s trade deadline wound up being a big flop.

— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026

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