vastness
Americannoun
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Origin of vastness
First recorded in 1600–10; vast ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )
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The ever-growing vastness of human knowledge is no longer stored in libraries, but on hard drives that struggle to last decades, let alone millennia.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Really, I think, the vastness of today and what we are looking at as far as the future for all of us is just so twisted in turmoil.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
The singer has previously written about the "vastness" of his grief and about how the death of his sons changed him.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
A young woman from an island community on the brink of extinction sets out on an odyssey across the vastness of the Pacific, hoping to save the people of her benighted home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
On their way back from the moon, Jim Lovell said he thought the earth looked like a “grand oasis in the great vastness of space. ”
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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