See vast in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Tax rates will go up for the vast majority of the population."
},
{
"text": "The system wastes vast sums of money."
},
{
"text": "To do such work takes vast amounts of time and patience."
},
{
"text": "The army marched over the vast territories of Russia."
},
{
"text": "We saw vast improvements in their test scores."
},
{
"text": "Two boats simply wouldn't be able to find each other in these vast oceans."
},
{
"text": "Indonesia is stretches over a vast number of islands."
},
{
"text": "They're building a vast network of power lines to transport the electricity."
},
{
"text": "He has a vast collection of photos."
},
{
"text": "The building was vast and empty."
},
{
"text": "The problem is that distances are so vast."
}
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"If something is vast, it is very, very big."
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"text": "Tax rates will go up for the vast majority of the population."
},
{
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},
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"text": "To do such work takes vast amounts of time and patience."
},
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"text": "The army marched over the vast territories of Russia."
},
{
"text": "We saw vast improvements in their test scores."
},
{
"text": "Two boats simply wouldn't be able to find each other in these vast oceans."
},
{
"text": "Indonesia is stretches over a vast number of islands."
},
{
"text": "They're building a vast network of power lines to transport the electricity."
},
{
"text": "He has a vast collection of photos."
},
{
"text": "The building was vast and empty."
},
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"text": "The problem is that distances are so vast."
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