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Recent Examples of spectrum
At the other end of the spectrum, the most affordable child care was found in Mississippi ($14,560), Alabama ($16,640), and South Dakota ($16,702).
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
But del Toro expands the emotional spectrum with forgiveness.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
Knowing where to fall on that spectrum is critical for house historians.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Much will soon be made of the movie’s epic, final-act twist, but despite such swerves, the film maintains its utter ambiguity to the end, giving heart to the lostness that so many across ideological spectrums now feel.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
But del Toro expands the emotional spectrum with forgiveness.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
Knowing where to fall on that spectrum is critical for house historians.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Much will soon be made of the movie’s epic, final-act twist, but despite such swerves, the film maintains its utter ambiguity to the end, giving heart to the lostness that so many across ideological spectrums now feel.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectrum
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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
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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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Organizations that adopt this mindset at scale in the coming years will be the true winners—in the marketplace, within their communities, and even on the battlefield.—
Phil Gilbert,
Fortune,
12 Nov. 2025
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The new letter grades rank each district on an A-F scale and are based on the end-of-year Arkansas Teaching and Learning Assessment System scores from the 2024-25 school year.—
Dmitry Martirosov,
Arkansas Online,
12 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
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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 12 Nov. 2025.
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