sprawls

verb

present tense third-person singular of sprawl
1
as in extends
to extend outwards from or as if from a central point The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown.

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2
as in sits
to rest with the arms and legs spread out There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work.

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Recent Examples of sprawls Located at 277 Rue Saint-Honoré, the Paris flagship sprawls over seven floors and roughly 30,000 square feet. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 Blanketing its base, Penyagolosa Natural Park sprawls an expansive woodland with hiking and cycling trails that culminate atop Mount Penyagolosa. — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 The estate sprawls across 77 acres of pastoral tranquility, with trails snaking through the woods, oak trees towering over lawns, and birdsong filling the air. — Brian Cicioni, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2026 The area sprawls across six English counties including Gloucestershire, where King Charles III and Queen Camilla often spend time at Highgrove, their private country residence. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Open side windows offer a panoramic view of farmland that sprawls in all directions. — Midwest Living, 6 July 2026 In a place where many homes lean into glass, driftwood tones and a conventional layout, this one sprawls like a resort, with sleeping quarters separated into individual pavilion-like structures. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026 This is largely the doing of the seventy-five-year-old patriarch who has expanded a small jute-processing company into a commercial and industrial empire that sprawls across much of the country. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 The lawn sprawls 58,000 square feet. — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprawls
  1. extends
  2. sits
  3. diverges
  4. rests
  5. radiates
  6. straddles
  7. flops
  8. slouches
Verb
  • This effort extends beyond physical chip export controls, which have proven difficult to enforce, with new legislation like the Remote Access Security Act aiming to curb remote access.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The deal also extends the expiration date of non-refundable tax credits issued prior to 2025 by up to five years.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of extends
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  • Motorsport meets nuclear engineering Power conversion sits between the reactor and the electrical grid.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In the next scene, Musk sits at a roundtable with his army of early 20s DOGE staffers, looking on proudly alongside Fox News’ Jesse Watters.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of sits
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  • But where each side diverges is on who was seeking revenge, an act that resulted in the death of an unintended victim — Robinson — instead of Bowman.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Trying to fit Hinduism into Western categories of theisms diverges from the tradition’s diverse history of ideas while mixing internal understandings with European perspectives and categories.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of diverges
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  • But as Bengals fans know all too well, this season rests on whether Burrow can stay healthy.
    — Takashi Williams, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The receiver-in-canal (RIC) design has a main body that rests behind the ear.
    — John Higgins, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of rests
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  • What gets prototyped there radiates into field trips, after-school programs and summer camps that reach thousands of children a year.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Bieniemy radiates discipline and accountability and, of course, carries an intimate understanding of the offense and has Reid’s trust.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of radiates
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  • The martini, like no other cocktail, straddles the line between timelessness and trendiness.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The body of water, which straddles the US-Canada border, gave its name to the Canadian province rather than the other way around.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of straddles
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  • In Bait, Ahmed stars as struggling actor Shah Latif, who flops in his audition to play James Bond and then becomes consumed by the quest to become the first Pakistani 007.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Starter addition flops Last season’s trade deadline wound up being a big flop.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of flops
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  • The effortlessly cool shape sits low on the hips, with a shorter inseam that slouches through a subtle, flattering drape.
    — Kristina Rutkowski, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
Definition of slouches

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“Sprawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprawls. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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