widths

noun

plural of width
as in scopes
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends surprised by the width of his power and influence in the oil business

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Recent Examples of widths Further, the Cleary’s gently curved silhouette and slim arms provide plenty of presence without adding visual bulk, and its availability in three widths makes finding a model to fit your space easier. — Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026 After correcting for background noise and distance, the researchers could compare the sound readings and compare them in relation to data on different birds’ body sizes and open beak widths. — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026 Even shoppers with wide feet say the regular widths are suitable for them. — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026 The running shoe is available for both men and women and in a choice of two widths, medium and wide. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 To join the platform, all listings are vetted and must meet a comprehensive list of specifications like ramps, step-free entrances, minimum door widths, and accessible parking. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 This results in a world of patchwork range widths, inconsistent pay progression and incomplete or outdated surveys as leaders hop from one survey provider to another to account for low n-count. — Maria Colacurcio, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Choose from sizes 5–12 with standard, narrow, and wide widths available. — Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026 The boots come in a generous size range of 5 to 12, with four different calf widths available to best fit your legs. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widths
  1. scopes
  2. realms
  3. extents
  4. ranges
  5. dimensions
  6. amplitudes
Noun
  • Offer smaller scopes of work with clear timelines to secure quicker commitments.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • MacGregor has signed contracts with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard to supply comprehensive roll-on/roll-off equipment for the two vessels, marking one of its most extensive scopes for roll-on/roll-off passenger ferries to date.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of scopes
Noun
  • But surprisingly large realms of online speech remained wide open.
    — Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Getty Images Meta’s new artificial intelligence agent Muse promises to make everything from booking appointments to building playlists easier, but its rollout of agentic shopping, in particular, has the tech and retail realms buzzing.
    — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of realms
Noun
  • Our politics, cultures, and wars manipulated by America to varying extents.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Most people care about all of those things, to different extents.
    — Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of extents
Noun
  • The announcement describes the systems’ intended capabilities but does not provide detection ranges, engagement distances, or performance results.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The exact current values are obscured because federal filings use broad ranges and exclude subsequent market moves.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of ranges
Noun
  • At Bank of America, Gopalkrishnan said the company evaluates AI implementations across 16 risk dimensions, including privacy, bias, workforce implications and intellectual property.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers have long thought that in a turbulent system like a current of water, energy flows in only one direction, from larger scales to smaller ones, or vice versa, depending on the system’s dimensions.
    — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of dimensions
Noun
  • Quantum computers manipulate physical systems whose behavior includes complex amplitudes, phase, interference and entanglement.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • This hardware is used to test different combinations of wavelengths and amplitudes during calibration.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Definition of amplitudes

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