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a range or series of things that are slightly different from each other and that exist between two different possibilities
His motives for volunteering lie somewhere on the continuum between charitable and self-serving. a continuum of temperatures ranging from very cold to very hot
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These tools can play an important role in the broader continuum of care.
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Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Bad Bunny’s work taps into this continuum, honoring the everyday forms of resistance that have sustained Puerto Rican life for centuries, from music and dance to language, humor, and mutual aid.
—Dr. Carlos A Torre, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Altman trolls on X, and Musk seems to exist in a continuum of AI slop and conspiracy theories.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
To go from a franchise that enjoyed a 30-year continuum of Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers at QB to a franchise that has spent almost as long looking for a failing to find the next Marino or even an acceptable facsimile.
—Greg Cote
january 22, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
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Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Bad Bunny’s work taps into this continuum, honoring the everyday forms of resistance that have sustained Puerto Rican life for centuries, from music and dance to language, humor, and mutual aid.
—Dr. Carlos A Torre, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Altman trolls on X, and Musk seems to exist in a continuum of AI slop and conspiracy theories.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
To go from a franchise that enjoyed a 30-year continuum of Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers at QB to a franchise that has spent almost as long looking for a failing to find the next Marino or even an acceptable facsimile.
—Greg Cote
january 22, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continuum
Noun
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On the technical end of the spectrum, that includes rebounding.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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Several speakers picked up on Talarico’s campaign theme of the fight being between top versus bottom rather than the left-right political spectrum.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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Having proved the concept at a small scale, the researchers are now shifting toward commercialization, focusing on scaling up the technology to support large-scale electrical grid stabilization.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Arab Media Forum, scheduled for April, has been postponed to September 2026, with organizers saying the decision was taken to ensure the event meets its scale and ambition.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Continuum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continuum. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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