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Spanning is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Related words

Spanning | Spanned | Spanner | Spann | Spanners

Spanning meaning

present participle and gerund of span

Using Spanning

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of span
  • In the example corpus, spanning often appears in combinations such as: career spanning, spanning tree, spanning from.

Context around Spanning

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

minimum 4× career 4× weight 1× smallest 1× possible 1× maximum 1× labeling 1× rock 1× april 1× spree 1×

Often after:

tree 13× trees 6× 150km 1× jazz 1× almost 1× mediums 1× investor 1×

Sentence patterns with Spanning

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

every other spanning tree 2× a career spanning 40 years 1× a career spanning almost 40 1× a career spanning over 40 1× a career spanning over two 1× a maximum spanning tree is 1× a minimum spanning tree mst 1× a spanning tree for 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a man who 1× a maximum spanning 1× a minimum spanning 1× a north east 1× a set of 1× a spanning tree 1×

Common sentence endings:

other spanning tree 2× a weight citation 1× and investment industries 1× and other genres 1× april spanning 150km 1× casinos and aquariums 1×

Words around Spanning

Just before it in the word index:

spanners 8 spanner 51 spanned 343 spann 39 spanky 6 spanks 3

Just after it in the word index:

spano 13 spanos 15 spans 568 spansion 2 spanton 4 spanwise 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

exploitation 901 olivia 901 whale 901 canon 900 elon 900 exile 900

Corpus analysis for Spanning

  • In this selection, "spanning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, minimum, career, weight, tree, trees and 150km stand out and add context to how "spanning" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include every other spanning tree, a career spanning 40 years and spanning tree. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "spanning" sits close to words such as exploitation, olivia and whale, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with spanning

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Alfred Stewart has a career spanning over 40 years in the resource and investment industries. (15 words)

As an actress with a career spanning over two decades, actress is no stranger to the Academy Awards. (18 words)

Both have thousands of LinkedIn followers and decades of experience in AI with roles spanning investor, analyst, keynote, columnist and CEO. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

As part of a career spanning almost 40 years with British Rail, Thomas had carried out a number of roles, including that of a trade apprentice, then an apprentice Wheelwright, before working as a qualified Wheelwright at British Rail’s Earlestown site. (42 words)

The minimum labeling spanning tree problem is to find a spanning tree with least types of labels if each edge in a graph is associated with a label from a finite label set instead of a weight. citation. (38 words)

Aerial footage posted by The Weather Channel showed a heavily damaged area of Little Rock spanning several blocks with numerous homes missing roofs and walls, some of them collapsed, and overturned vehicles littering streets. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

A minimum spanning tree (MST) or minimum weight spanning tree is then a spanning tree with weight less than or equal to the weight of every other spanning tree.

A set of k-smallest spanning trees is a subset of k spanning trees (out of all possible spanning trees) such that no spanning tree outside the subset has smaller weight. citation.

A maximum spanning tree is a spanning tree with weight greater than or equal to the weight of every other spanning tree.

A spanning tree for that graph would be a subset of those paths that has no cycles but still connects to every house; there might be several spanning trees possible.

For instance, the intervals C–G (spanning 8 semitones) and C –G (spanning 6 semitones) are fifths, like the corresponding natural interval C–G (7 semitones).

If the edge weights are not unique, only the (multi-)set of weights in minimum spanning trees is unique, that is the same for all minimum spanning trees.

The minimum labeling spanning tree problem is to find a spanning tree with least types of labels if each edge in a graph is associated with a label from a finite label set instead of a weight. citation.

The rectilinear minimum spanning tree is a spanning tree of a graph with edge weights corresponding to the rectilinear distance between vertices which are points in the plane (or space).

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Aerial footage posted by The Weather Channel showed a heavily damaged area of Little Rock spanning several blocks with numerous homes missing roofs and walls, some of them collapsed, and overturned vehicles littering streets.

After he returns to the UK on Thursday, he will begin planning his next challenge, skiing across Europe’s largest glacier in Iceland in April, spanning 150km.

Alfred Stewart has a career spanning over 40 years in the resource and investment industries.

A man who was arrested for a crime spree spanning from Madera to Fresno on Tuesday afternoon is an actor and former Army chaplain, according to a soldier who served with him.

Amassed over six decades, these recordings encompass a wide range of musical works with Black historical roots, spanning jazz, reggae, blues, soul and other genres.

An illustrative cross-section of Alteryx's customer base: Netflix (), Abbott Laboratories (), Marriott Hotels () are all among Alteryx's anchor clients, spanning every industry.

A North East nurse who had a career spanning 40 years has left retirement to assist the NHS during the Covid crisis.

As an actress with a career spanning over two decades, actress is no stranger to the Academy Awards.

As part of a career spanning almost 40 years with British Rail, Thomas had carried out a number of roles, including that of a trade apprentice, then an apprentice Wheelwright, before working as a qualified Wheelwright at British Rail’s Earlestown site.

Based on the success of its discovery well, First Helium has now acquired 125 sections of land spanning 32,000 hectares on trend with the discovery well.

Besides the projects in Macau and recently in Hengqin, Legacy has developed, designed, and produced over 40 projects worldwide, spanning mediums that include theme parks, hotels/resorts, casinos and aquariums.

Both have thousands of LinkedIn followers and decades of experience in AI with roles spanning investor, analyst, keynote, columnist and CEO.

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Common combinations with spanning

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "spanning" in a sentence?
An example: "A minimum spanning tree (MST) or minimum weight spanning tree is then a spanning tree with weight less than or equal to the weight of every other spanning tree." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "spanning" from authentic English texts.
What does "spanning" mean?
Spanning means: present participle and gerund of span
How many example sentences with "spanning" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "spanning", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.