Difference between wander-range and range

Definitions

verb

1. range or extend over; occupy a certain area
2. let eat
3. change or be different within limits
4. assign a rank or rating to
5. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

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noun

1. a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
2. the limits within which something can be effective
3. a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
4. (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
5. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

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Examples

If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex.

So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room.

A third goal at that stage would have saved Rangers a lot of bother.

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