spread over
Frequency: 8.518.3 per million words
to cover or affect a wide area; to distribute over a period
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- The course takes forty hours, spread over twenty weeks.
- The company decided to spread the investment over five years.
- A sense of calm spread over the audience after the announcement.
- The wildfire quickly spread over the dry grasslands.
- His reputation for honesty spread over the entire community.
- The artist carefully spread the paint over the canvas.
- The cost of the repairs will be spread over all the tenants.
- Dark clouds began to spread over the mountain range.
- The new policy's impact will spread over various sectors of the economy.
- The children spread their toys over the living room floor.