Last and Span

Last

Last verb - To continue to operate or to meet one's needs.

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Span and last are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Span" with "Last", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Word: lasted

Span verb - To find out the size, extent, or amount of.

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Last and span are semantically related in extend over topic. Sometimes you can use "Last" instead a verb "Span".

Nearby Word: spanned

good	good last	good span
long	long last	long span
short	short last	short span
certain	certain last	certain span
Other adjectives: original, single, bad, wide, giant, shortest.

length	last length	span length
handful	last handful	span handful
lifetime	last lifetime	span lifetime
hundreds	last hundreds	span hundreds
Other words: thousands, decades.

Yes, the original version was supposed to last six months, but it was also going to span four titles.

Source: Comic Book / The Clone Saga
Although that last may simply be a reference to the salarian life-span being only about half that of a human.

Source: Universal Universe Time
Cosmic Horror Story: In the last book, the Vord Queen says that the Vord span the stars and the space between stars, and that they'll return eventually even if they are defeated now.

Source: Literature / Codex Alera

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