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Definitions for SPRAWLING
sprawl·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
sprawl, sprawlingadjective
an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
sprawling, straggling, rambling, stragglyadjective
spreading out in different directions
"sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
Wiktionary
sprawlingadjective
That sprawls
sprawlingadjective
Expansive; extensive
ChatGPT
sprawling
Sprawling refers to spreading out or extending over a large area in an irregular, uneven, or disorganized way. It can pertain to physical growth, like a city's development, or abstract concepts, such as the spread of an idea or behavior. The term often carries a negative connotation, implying a lack of planning, containment, or control.
Webster Dictionary
Sprawling
of Sprawl
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SPRAWLING in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SPRAWLING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of SPRAWLING in a Sentence
It wasn’t a change of heart that caused Beijing to pull back its regulatory push on tech companies, it was a concession to economic reality, the goal of furthering state control over sprawling tech empires, however, wasn’t abandoned.
Providing a defensive briefing, like the one given to Senator Feinstein, is a typical response to these kinds of situations, the refusal to give the Trump campaign a defensive briefing, and instead opening a sprawling counter-intelligence investigation of American citizens, is one of many alarming ways that intelligence leaders drastically diverged from normal procedures in their Trump campaign investigation.
This is not some modest bill about ballot access. It is a sprawling takeover of our whole political system, it was never even intended to attract bipartisan support. This partisan Frankenstein bill that House Democrats slapped together was intended to do just one thing and one thing only: give the Senate Democratic leader a pretext – a pretext to break the Senate.
The American people are not buying the nonsensical talk of ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ or a voting rights crisis, it’s not a ‘voting rights’ bill. It is a sprawling, sweeping takeover of our democracy.
Their dogged determination and skilled investigative techniques were crucial in exposing and dissecting this sprawling corruption scheme.
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Translations for SPRAWLING
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- المترامية الاطرافArabic
- vidtstrakteDanish
- sich ausbreitendGerman
- αναδιπλώνεταιGreek
- desmadejadoSpanish
- tentaculaireFrench
- terpeszkedésHungarian
- luasIndonesian
- tentacolareItalian
- 広大なJapanese
- sprawlingLatin
- gespartelDutch
- viltvoksendeNorwegian
- rozwalonyPolish
- alastrandoPortuguese
- asupra luiRomanian
- spretigSwedish
- yayılanTurkish
- چراغUrdu
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