1
as in to stretch (out)
to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area
the accordionist smoothly fanned out the bellows of his instrument as he played
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2
as in to radiate
to extend outwards from or as if from a central point
most of the city's subway lines fan out from this central station
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Today, most of Micanopy’s activity radiates from Cholokka Boulevard.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2025 -
Even outside of the event season, Pismo radiates that classic California charm with wide-open beaches, fresh seafood, and a town that greets everyone with a smile.—
Pismo Beach Conference and Visitor Bureau,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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His term would be up around the end of May but it had been widely rumored that the White House could take steps to keep him on or extend his employment status in some way.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Given that half of these coal plants would probably cost too much to upgrade and continue operating, the contribution from extending the lifetimes of active coal plants would fall to something below 5%.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Tariffs powers from branch to branch Under the U.S. Constitution, the power to tax and tariff falls squarely within the legislative branch.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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Along the causeway that borders both a freshwater pond and a tidal marsh and on the park’s branching nature trails, guests can spot more than 300 winged species—and perhaps glimpse alligators or sea turtles too.—
Casey Barber,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2025
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For 2024, the list was expanded to 450 companies and looked at their emissions between 2020 and 2022.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Read: The Last of Us and the power of video games One of the best things about the TV adaptation has been its ability to expand past the limits of the game’s storytelling.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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The liquor flows so freely that the rest room nearly becomes a vomitorium.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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The rich sat on deck while the poor were squeezed in the hold below, with no place to relieve themselves, so excrement, vomit, and other wastes flowed down into the lower areas.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Streaming activity fuels almost all of Deep Thoughts’ first week, with 63,000 units deriving from the sector, equaling 85.9 million official on-demand U.S. audio and video streams of the album’s songs.—
Trevor Anderson,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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And they're derived from housing markets, based on those markets, which has been a subject that has gotten a lot of attention from historians who look at the history of race and inequality in America.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Patterson is set to enter the transfer portal when the second cycle opens on Wednesday.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
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The evolution of Electric Park The original Electric Park opened north of the Heim Brewery at Montgall and Nicholson avenues in the East Bottoms.—
Jeremy Drouin,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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To make, follow these steps: Show kids how to fold pre-cut construction paper leaves and stems. Attach them to the tops of your eggs with glue dots.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
16 Apr. 2025
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Many kinds bloom on new wood — stems that have grown this year.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Fan (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fan%20%28out%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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