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Yes, span is playable

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"Span" Definition

noun

A pair of animals, such as oxen, matched in size, strength, or color and driven as a team.
A period of time: a span of life.
Nautical A stretch of rope made fast at either end.
Something, such as a railroad trestle or bridge, that extends from one point to another.
The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.

verb

Archaic A past tense of spin.
To measure by or as if by the hand with fingers and thumb extended.
To extend across .
To form an arch over .
To place or construct a span over.

verb-transitive

To bind or fetter.
To encircle with the hand or hands in or as if in measuring.
To extend across in space or time: a bridge that spans the gorge; a career that spanned 40 years.
To measure by or as if by the fully extended hand.

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