Span in a sentence as a noun

In 2012 it was less than 30% white, and 42% Hispanic.

In a span of a few blocks a person could eat for free 5 or 6 times a day.

If they could pick all this low-hanging fruit in such a short span of time then surely in X years we'd be at point Y!

Span in a sentence as a verb

In this case largely immigrant workers from Hispanic countries.

It might hard to make a decent visualization, though, because of the huge span, plus a high degree of multiple inheritance.

I worked on several commercial digital music projects in the time span between early napster and entrenched itunes.

Span definitions

noun

the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour"

noun

the distance or interval between two points

noun

two items of the same kind

noun

a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)

noun

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

See also: bridge

noun

the act of sitting or standing astride

See also: straddle

verb

to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"

See also: cross traverse sweep