How to Use vast in a Sentence

vast

adjective
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  • She has a vast amount of knowledge on this subject.
  • The policy is supported by the vast majority of citizens.
  • The search: The daunting mission covers the ocean’s surface and the vast depths beneath.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • There wasn’t much to distinguish it from the dozens of others dotting this vast bay.
    — Rafael Vilela, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
  • And in 2020, the counties most affected by the vast August Complex Fire saw a surge in overdose deaths while the wildfire burned.
    — Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The Egyptian queen’s vast burial complex also includes the tombs of 41 servants and courtiers.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, that means that the vast majority of respondents did — and still do — have an opinion on the shutdown.
    — Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Instead of a single sensor sitting at one point along a track, this is stretching vast distances up and down the rail.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2024
  • And the vast majority of playtime in Epic’s own creations is consumed by the two Battle Royale modes.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The economies of scale are vast, particularly in a country where labor is cheap.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2023
  • That’s far less than the vast majority of Americans pay.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The vast majority of Russian athletes have remained silent about the war or have voiced support for it.
    — Alex Holmes, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The vast reservoir of viruses circulating in wildlife are seen as a likely source of more such diseases.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Although a group of tech bankers jumped ship to Moelis & Co. in April, the vast majority of Leerink’s roughly 350-person workforce stuck around.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
  • The vast majority of the 313 tracts that received offers had only one bidder.
    — Kevin McGill and Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The office handles the vast majority of cases in local state courts.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2023
  • As part of the deal, Iran did get access to tens of billions of dollars in assets — but the vast majority of those assets are Iran’s own money.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But because the vast majority of film and television projects are on hold, so is that secondary source of income.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In fact, this visionary’s influence is so vast, he’s been compared to Walt Disney or Steve Jobs.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The vast majority of disputes with unruly neighbors are solved by talking to them.
    — WIRED, 28 July 2023
  • But the vast majority of Kherson prisoners remain in Russian jails, waiting for the end of their prison terms, some of which are years away.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In fact, measured on a per-title basis, the vast majority of console games are now not available on disc at all.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
  • For one, telescopes are expensive, and no country would want to take on that vast budget alone, Dr. Armstrong explains.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The vast majority were male, and according to police data, at least 85 percent of the deaths involved firearms.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The city rejects the vast majority of claims, some of which officials say are fraudulent, but claimants may appeal in court.
    — St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Yes, some people may take advantage of this, but a vast majority of shoppers will not.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Coyoacán used to be considered the outskirts of the city, which explains its vast amount of mansions and large country houses, many of which still function as residences.
    — Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2023
  • But manipulators or not, these groups of fungi are vast.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Courtesy image Outside is a vast furnished deck equipped with a firepit and hydraulic binoculars.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Still, everything had to be made by hand, and the vast majority of people remained, by today’s standards, dirt poor.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023

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