Going on and Spanning

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Spanning and going on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spanning" instead an adjective "Going on".

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Going on and spanning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Going on" instead an adjective "Spanning".

Nearby Word: spanned

There's also a world-spanning war going on between two factions that try to restore the planet in two different ways.

Source: Apocalypse How / Class 1
All this combined results in a massive mob of drunken football hooligans going on a galaxy-spanning pub crawl.

Source: Super Soldier
Yes, there is still galaxy spanning war going on, but Imperial society is shown as functioning and, in the case of the planet Gudrun, can be extremely pleasant or at least tolerable.

Source: Literature / Eisenhorn

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Spanning and Going on. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/going_on/spanning

Going on & Spanning. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/going_on/spanning>.

Spanning or Going on. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/going_on/spanning.

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