Expanse and Way

Expanse

Expanse noun - A wide space or area.

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Way and expanse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun "Expanse".

Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Expanse and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expanse" instead a noun "Way".

usual	usual expanse	usual way
true	true expanse	true way
entire	entire expanse	entire way
big	big expanse	big way
Other adjectives: great, twisted.

An infinite expanse of featureless marsh that traps people within it for all eternity unless you can overcome the spell in some way.

Source: Literature / Xanth
In a way, Danglard is an inversion : although he is a policeman, the vast expanse of knowledge he has accumulated in other fields (especially literature and history) is sometimes essential in solving the cases.

Source: Interdisciplinary Sleuth
The Lord of the Rings parody Bored of the Rings has several instances of this, one of the most notable being when one of the party members asks how much further to their destination and another "looks across the vast expanse of pages to the right" and replies they have a long way to go yet.

Source: Medium Awareness

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