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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Examples (10)

  • 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.