as in expansion
a wide space or area
from the bow of our ship all we could see was an impenetrable sheet of fog
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as in to coat
to form a layer over
dust sheeted the floors of the old, abandoned house
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Recent Examples of sheet
Scott Thompson, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
Super League entered into a binding term sheet with Infinite Reality, Inc., which includes plans for an asset acquisition and a credit facility of $30 million.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Nikhita Mahtani, CNN Underscored, 9 Sep. 2020
In contrast, actual snow tires are capable of safely gripping any surface a driver may encounter during the winter, from bare pavement, to sheet ice, and anything in between.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2023
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But that quickly changed, as the roof was closed after the metal sheet fell.
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The pack contains six different types of masks, ranging from hydrating and calming ones to sheet masks that tightens the looks of pores.
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Disney's capital expenditures totaled $5.4 billion, primarily for theme park expansions and new attractions.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Over the past five years, California’s economy ranked 13th-best for the expansion of its gross domestic product – the broadest measurement of business output.Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
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Its super-soft face fabric has kept me cozy on many chilly morning dog walks, and the fact that it’s coated with a non-fluorinated durable water repellent (DWR) is just gravy.Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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The new speaker’s high-frequency unit shares similarities with the one used in the £5,000-per-pair Dovedale speakers, with a 25mm dome made with a fine fabric weave coated in a special damping material.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The roomful of ALOHAs was unlocking the subtle physical details of everyday life, arguably one of the last expanses of unrecorded human activity.James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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And winter is our time to reclaim the desert when the wide-open expanses of southeastern Arizona beckon with impossibly starry skies.Becky Bartkowski, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Beck Andrew Salgado covers trending topics in the Austin business ecosystem for the American-Statesman.Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Reporter Maritza Dominguez covers Mesa, Gilbert and Queen Creek and can be reached at maritza.dominguez@arizonarepublic.com or 480-271-0646.Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The difference in length comes from strategic editing.Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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The length of Nichushkin’s contract — the eight-year deal runs through the 2029-30 season — provides cover for the Avs.Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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The Earthship lies 10 minutes from the West Rim Trail, an eight-mile out-and-back route that overlooks the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument’s plains and peaks, with parallel views of the 800-feet-deep Taos gorge.Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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Her new district, stretching from Fort Collins to the eastern plains, is largely populated by a reliable base of conservative voters aligned with her pro-gun, pro-Trump platform.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Before sheriff’s deputies found his body on Thanksgiving morning last year, shot to death in a desolate stretch of warehouses and pallet yards west of Compton, Eduardo Escobedo Sr. had become rich beyond his dreams.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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The district has a strong conservative lean and stretches along Florida’s east coast from southern Jacksonville to the Daytona Beach area.Julia Manchester, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheet. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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