spectrum

as in range
the distance or extent between possible extremes the complete spectrum of opinions on this hotly debated subject

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Recent Examples of spectrum Featuring artists and music from across the Indian diaspora, Billboard India will cover the full spectrum of the country’s music ecosystem, including the dominance of film soundtracks, the explosive rise of independent artists, and the country’s global impact on streaming charts and numbers. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025 Colleagues voice support for Bivens Public officials from across the political spectrum put out statements supporting Bivens, who was on the council from 2013 to 2025. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025 The Vi offers a spectrum of dining options throughout the community, from casual, à la cart grab-and-go fare at Café Biscotti, to upscale lunch and dinner at SeaView, to a full formal fine dining experience at Azure. Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025 According to the graphic on the Optoma UHZ58LV's product page (reproduced below), one laser takes care of the red color spectrum while the other beams out blue, green and yellow. New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spectrum
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Noun
  • These include electric vehicles with extended driving ranges, large-scale renewable energy storage systems that can balance intermittent solar and wind power, and lightweight, flexible power sources for portable and wearable electronics.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The Chinese retailer, known for its range of cheap ultra-fast-fashion clothing and criticisms of its labor and environmental practices, is nestled on the sixth floor of a more than century-old building in Paris, a city famous for high-end fashion and a recent green push.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
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  • In contexts not concerning the elite private colleges of New England and their decades-old conflicts and syllabi and on-campus squabbles, this mode of prestige media procedure matters absolutely and enormously, at scales difficult to tabulate.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The children also broke a weight scale, threw sports equipment throughout the room and stole several items.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
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  • But new Silicon Valley companies such as Orchid are taking it one step further, quite literally scraping off genetic material from embryos to allow for a full gamut of embryo comparisons, including disease probabilities but also things like BMI, depression risk, hair color and more.
    Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Despite the lack of change, the 2025 MacBook lost a percentage point or two of gamut reproduction and lower brightness.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Spectrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectrum. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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