Definition of "expanses" []

• Plural form of expanse. (noun)

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• "White's latest pictures feature solitary figures framed in expanses of white paper."
• "That would mark the ice sheets -- defined as expanses of deep, long-term ice larger than 20,000 square miles -- as the largest contributors to sea level rise, outstripping melting from Earth's other frozen reservoirs, namely mountain glaciers."
• "That would mark the ice sheets - defined as expanses of deep, long-term ice larger than 20,000 square miles - as the largest contributors to sea level rise, outstripping melting from Earth's other frozen reservoirs, namely mountain glaciers."