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noun

plural of sheet

as in expanses

a wide space or area from the bow of our ship all we could see was an impenetrable sheet of fog

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sheet

as in coats

to form a layer over dust sheeted the floors of the old, abandoned house

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Noun

The Laundry Bundle includes a pack of detergent sheets, fabric softener sheets and in-wash scent booster beads. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 He’s later seen sleeping on the bed with a mattress, but no sheets or blankets. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026 Frost cloth is a good option, but household items like old sheets, pillowcases and towels can also help protect plants overnight. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 After hundreds of hours testing sheets, a few favorites have stood out across the team’s various preferences and sleep styles. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026 Drying the bread on two baking sheets gives you room to spread the bread cubes into a single layer for even toasting. — Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 The walls were yellowed, the toilet seat broken, the sheets full of cigarette burns. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 For example, metal sheets allow heat to travel through very easily, while foam for insulating buildings is great at slowing down heat transfer through walls. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2026 Large sheets of roofing material peeled off of the Rest and Relax Inn in Pensacola, Florida, due to powerful storm winds, as seen in footage posted to Instagram. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026

Verb

Reroll the dough sheets away from you into cylinders and loosely pinch them closed. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025

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Entrepreneur Emma Grede attributed her ability to keep brands relevant to her complete assuredness in her intuition, which was honed in the expanses of her triumphs—and failures.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Released three years after the similarly freewheeling Nekkuja, the album bubbles over with interdimensional ambition and zigzagging ideas, anchored by her ability to command bewildering expanses of melody and form.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of expanses

Verb

Bring to a boil, stirring constantly until mixture coats the back of a spoon, about 1 minute.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 9 Oct. 2026
The plush, balm-meets-mask formula coats lips in a comforting layer that keeps moisture from escaping overnight, with hyaluronic acid, minerals, and antioxidant-rich Berry Mix Complex helping soften dry, flaky skin.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of coats

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Over the past 10 years, Veronica Beard saw a period of significant growth, with a quick succession of store openings, product category launches and expansions.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026
Just as significant, Hello has continued to keep the game vibrant with a constant stream of free expansions, including the recent Cosmos update in September, which fleshed out the vast expanse of space with more things to explore.

— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of expansions

Verb

Finally, grab 26% off the Netgear RAX5 Wi-Fi 6 router, which blankets your home with fast AX1600 speeds.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
Building more captive coal for aluminum will worsen the toxic haze that often blankets Southeast Asian cities, like Jakarta, according to Muhammad Al Amin, with the Indonesian Forum for Environment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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