| Word | Extent |
|---|---|
| Meaning | the distance or magnitude something spreads or covers |
| Example 1 | No one knew the extent of her son’s injury since the school only gave minute details of what happened on the playground. |
| Example 2 | Christopher Columbus believed the extent of the world was much smaller since he traveled to an unknown land. |
| Example 3 | It took months to determine the extent of the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina until the number of fatalities and the cost of rebuilding the destruction were counted. |
| Example 4 | We didn’t know the extent to which the plaintiff would carry out her lawsuit until it finally landed in the Supreme Court. |
| Example 5 | During World War II, nobody knew the extent of the Nazi occupation until the Germans were defeated. |
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