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spanned

verb

Definition of spannednext
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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“Spanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spanned. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.

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