vastness
the fact or quality of being very great in extent, size, degree, amount, etc.; immensity or hugeness: Given the vastness of the country, improved infrastructure will have to precede any economic development.I was awestruck by the sheer vastness of her knowledge on the subject.
Origin of vastness
1Other words from vastness
- su·per·vast·ness, noun
Words Nearby vastness
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How to use vastness in a sentence
Here, I can actually see what the entire valley looks like, far more vast and cavernous than even my imagination allowed.
‘Demon’s Souls’ review: The ideal PlayStation 5 launch game | Gene Park | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostThe new structure will apply to the “vast majority” of developers who charge for apps and in-app purchases on Apple’s devices, the company said.
Apple to cut app store fees in half for most developers | Verne Kopytoff | November 18, 2020 | FortuneThe Ozone Project’s vast first-party data trove promises advertisers a high degree of targeting and the combined reach of campaigns across all publishers is competitive with Facebook or Google.
Deep Dive: How the future of publishing is taking shape in the ongoing coronavirus crisis era | Pierre Bienaimé | November 17, 2020 | DigidayIntricate branches extend from their bodies, buried deep in the skin, to a vast area of the hand.
Manufacturing and distributing these vaccines would be a vast undertaking at the best of times, let alone when the world’s economies and supply chains are already reeling from the pandemic.
Moderna says its covid-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective | Will Heaven | November 16, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
These sculptures all around the city make the vastness almost like a treasure hunt!
New York Is Not Really the Best Place for the All-Star Game | Sarah Langs | July 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis artwork is heavily influenced by the vastness of the big, open sky.
James Turrell: Looking Back at 50 Years of Illuminating Light as Art | Jean Trinh | May 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI was either looking down at my notebook or out at the vastness of the site, which itself felt completely arbitrary.
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble | Eric Nusbaum | February 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is a secret, complicated, and self-defeating vastness to it.
Chris Christie Is the Latest Jersey Joke but His Fans Don’t Seem to Care | David Roth | January 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhere vastness once signaled bounty, it gives off now a whiff—and sometimes more than that—of excess, of self-indulgence.
Of the vastness of the households with which these grands seigneurs surrounded themselves, enough has already been said.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksFrom without––from the vastness of sea and night––came a confused and distant wail, as of the lamentation of a multitude.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman DuncanOur solar system is thus very isolated in the vastness of Infinitude.
Astronomy for Amateurs | Camille FlammarionNor did the threat stay out in the vastness between the planets.
The Planet Strappers | Raymond Zinke GallunAnd the greater crowd which would be gathered there by the end of the first week would carry off the vastness of the preparations.
The Prime Minister | Anthony Trollope
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