J. Cole

There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy. It was mine, my girl's, my mom's. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we're very modest. But that's not greedy. That's nice, right?

American Musician

Jeremy Northam

It's taken me longer still to realize what a short span there is between those life experiences and the rest of your life. That's a job for the people who lived through it.

English Actor

Jeff Mangum

I love the idea of a record containing an entire universe; where the sounds span decades of recording from all over the world and all sorts of different sources.

Mahathir Mohamad

It would seem the people who want to preserve the Penans' way of life are condemning them to a life full of diseases and a shorter life span.

Malaysian Politician

Jack O'Connell

I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.

Lewis Hamilton

It takes me forever to read a book. I have such a small attention span.

British Driver

George Martin

When you extend life span, that's really something. That's hard to do.

English Producer

Lucy Larcom

If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.

American Poet

Candice Bergen

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

American Actress

Maryanne Wolf

The brain is plastic its whole life span.

American Educator

Used to describe the measure between two points of tangible items, like bridges or objects.

Physical Objects

Don't confuse this 'span' for periods of time; it's about physical distance only.

Not a Time Reference

Refers to a length of time rather than physical space.

Temporal Measurement

Useful for highlighting changes or developments over time.

Historical Changes

Emphasizes the action of connecting or covering a range or area.

Connective Action

Often used to describe the extent of landforms or man-made features.

Geographical Areas

Indicates the furthest extent or limit something can extend to.

Maximum Reach

Specific to vectors in mathematics, describing inclusive space.

Mathematical Concept

In math, 'span' describes a concept, not a physical distance.

Not Physical

 while simultaneously being associated with destruction. And, it turns out, it's nothing new. Graffiti, or the act of writing or scribbling on public property, has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it's raised the same questions we debate

Is graffiti art? Or...

 It's thought that high oxygen levels may drive extreme growth in some species, while the colder temperatures promote longer life spans, giving animals the opportunity to grow massive. Many of these exotic sea beasts will never experience sunlight.

The otherworldly...

 Because these changes have taken place gradually, one person may not have noticed them over the span of a few decades, but thanks to museum collections, we have an uninterrupted record showing how our world is changing.

The hidden worlds within...

 old let me put that in perspective if you condense the Earth's life span into 24 hours that's one full day then we have been here on this planet for drumroll please three seconds three seconds and look what we've done

His Epic Message Will...

 in which you may catch a glimpse of yourself. I'm in the field of research known as personality psychology, which is part of a larger personality science which spans the full spectrum, from neurons to narratives.

Who are you, really? The...

 starving herbivores and the carnivores that preyed on them. Within a short time span, three-quarters of the world's species disappeared forever, and the giant dinosaurs, flying pterosaurs, shelled squids,

When will the next mass...

 spanning generations and involving a massive cast of characters with complex motives and shifting loyalties. If that sounds familiar, it's because the historical conflicts known as the Wars of the Roses

The wars that inspired...

 my life has been about defiant I'm in my work and in my life have sinned how moment can squeeze and dilate and how in the span of a moment the entire course of a life can change three years

Controlling time through...

 Snapchat, the service which is used mainly by younger generations and claims that its messages only have the life span of a few seconds. You can imagine the range of content that that gets.

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 medium-sized mammals their legs can span a metre and they're strong enough to lift the equivalent of ten house bricks being big has allowed them to cultivate some rare talents

Span