wingspread
noun
wing·spread
ˈwiŋ-ˌspred 
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By comparison, the snappily dressed kids in group shots typically arrange themselves in poses, crouching with their arms upraised or wingspread like the Jackson 5 or folded on their chests B-boy style.
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New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
The California condor has an enormous wingspread approaching 10 feet with long primaries splayed like fingers and long white triangles on its underwings.
—Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
The Pegasus is the most difficult inflatable KDF has in the parade because of the surface area with the wingspread and trying to keep her upright and straight.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2022
Tall stately birds with long necks and legs and fairly long bills, the greater sandhill cranes stand about 4 feet tall, have a wingspread of nearly 7 feet and weigh up to about 12 pounds.
—Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
The California condor has an enormous wingspread approaching 10 feet with long primaries splayed like fingers and long white triangles on its underwings.
—Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
The Pegasus is the most difficult inflatable KDF has in the parade because of the surface area with the wingspread and trying to keep her upright and straight.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2022
Tall stately birds with long necks and legs and fairly long bills, the greater sandhill cranes stand about 4 feet tall, have a wingspread of nearly 7 feet and weigh up to about 12 pounds.
—Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
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