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  • n  a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
  • v  become pale and sickly
  • s  (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
    the pale (or wan) stars
    the wan light of dawn
  • s  abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
    her wan face suddenly flushed
  • s  lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
    a wan smile

  • K'wan's reading audience is loyal--he has more than 400,000 books in print.
  • As this and other satiric bits ricocheted through a Statler Hilton dining room, John Kennedy's smile seemed wan.
  • Down at the Clinton Presidential Library dedication he worried about Clinton's wan look and counseled him privately to go easy on the travel.
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  • Phil Jackson in San Diego Union Tribune
    I've had tremendous successes and ultimately some great highs in this game, but the ultimate thing is about this team coming back into prominence in this game,Jackson said. "We want this team to get back that consistency of a team that wan...
  • Andy Robinson in Celtic League
    It's a new game on Saturday. What happened last weekend is in the past and the scoreboard will start at 0-0 - and the Pumas await,said Robinson ahead of the second Test. "Having looked at the way we wan to attack Argentina in the outside...

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