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as in size
the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something
the mansion is great in dimension and can easily be converted into a B and B
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as in scope
dimensions plural
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
the vast dimensions of the subject will require years of study
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Recent Examples of dimension
Optimize the space your cubes take up by buying ones that fit the dimensions of your suitcase or backpack.
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Mike Arnot, AFAR Media, 20 Feb. 2025
By standardizing the dimensions, Expandable was able to develop a uniform production system to maintain product performance and reliability and easily scale across a variety of markets, including event marketing, emergency response, education and mobile medical care.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
But there’s another dimension to the menu that further sets it apart.
—WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
This is largely owed to its dizzying use of focus, with parts of the frame blurred laterally, à la the works of Julian Schnabel, rather than across three dimensions, resulting in a painterly visual tilt-shift.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
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Mike Arnot, AFAR Media, 20 Feb. 2025
By standardizing the dimensions, Expandable was able to develop a uniform production system to maintain product performance and reliability and easily scale across a variety of markets, including event marketing, emergency response, education and mobile medical care.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
But there’s another dimension to the menu that further sets it apart.
—WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
This is largely owed to its dizzying use of focus, with parts of the frame blurred laterally, à la the works of Julian Schnabel, rather than across three dimensions, resulting in a painterly visual tilt-shift.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimension
Noun
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And, ultimately, the error rate improvements gained by increasing the size of the logical qubit aren't on a trajectory that would get you a useful level of error correction without needing an unrealistically large number of hardware qubits.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Athena spacecraft, a six-legged lander roughly the size of a telephone booth, will take about a week to reach its destination.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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The effort would divert in-house teams from their core functions at a time when their role is expanding in scope, complexity, and significance.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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This gives the company scope to reshuffle production and make more for the local market if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on threats to impose tariffs of around 25% on vehicle imports.—
Victoria Waldersee,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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This transition necessitates new measurements, standards and instrumental infrastructure.—
Han Hendriks,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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This is a measurement of overall accidents, not the number of fatalities.—
Alex Fitzpatrick,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Realizing the extent of losses from the Palisades and Eaton fires, perhaps the cost of greater water delivery capacity would now be justified.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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But there is definitely an argument that playing that way weaponises Chelsea’s attackers to the fullest extent.—
Emile Nuh,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Walmart expects earnings per share in the range of $2.50 to $2.60.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Feb. 2025
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This is its first boutique, which also stocks its Cair range.—
Jennifer Weil,
WWD,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Mature height is from 1 to 3 feet with a width of 2 to 3 feet.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 Feb. 2025
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If the borders are equal in width, the card could be worth as much as 30-to-50 percent more than an average card in the grade.—
Michael Salfino,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Dimension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimension. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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