Run and Span

Run

Run noun - The period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress.

Usage example: the actor has been assigned the part for the run of the show

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Span and run are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Span" instead the word "Run" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: running

Span noun - The distance or interval between two points.

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Run and span are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Run" instead the word "Span" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: spanned

good	good run	good span
full	full run	full span
low	low run	low span
long	long run	long span
Other adjectives: particular, normal, typical, brief, short, average, original, true, single, small, entire, bad, short-lived, limited, extended, comic, longer, shorter.

life	run life	span life
series	run series	span series
world	run world	span world
game	run game	span game
Other words: distance, minutes, times, miles, spectrum, games, episodes.

Throughout the full span of its run, BIONICLE was accompanied by a comic series published by DC Comics.

Source: Comic-Book Adaptation
In Stargate Atlantis, the main characters run into a single good Wraith over the entire span of the show and the poor girl dies in that episode.

Source: My Species Doth Protest Too Much
You'll run out of attention span (and maybe trigger a few glitches) before hitting a barrier, I think.

Source: Law of Cartographical Elegance

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Span and Run. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/span

Run & Span. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/span>.

Span or Run. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/span.

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