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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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The federal proposal would slash disbursements to continuums of care and instead issue money to states as Emergency Solutions Grants, which are more restrictive.
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Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2025
These fall along a continuum from only one company in a market to thousands, but generally divide into four general groups of market behaviors: perfect competition, oligopolies, monopolistic competition and pure monopoly.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
The county also provides a full continuum of substance use treatment, including outpatient and residential programs, and medications for addiction treatment, according to the county.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Strengthen Sales Automation And Funnel Efficiency Automation technology, like software platforms and AI tools, is central to transforming organizational performance across the marketing-sales continuum.
—Ken Braun, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2025
These fall along a continuum from only one company in a market to thousands, but generally divide into four general groups of market behaviors: perfect competition, oligopolies, monopolistic competition and pure monopoly.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
The county also provides a full continuum of substance use treatment, including outpatient and residential programs, and medications for addiction treatment, according to the county.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Strengthen Sales Automation And Funnel Efficiency Automation technology, like software platforms and AI tools, is central to transforming organizational performance across the marketing-sales continuum.
—Ken Braun, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for continuum
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How the Autism Theater Project was born The theater program showcases lives on and off the spectrum in an authentic way, helping crew members and actors work on productions.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
12 July 2025
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Since 2012, private equity sponsors have financed almost 3,000 energy enterprises across the spectrum, worth $617 billion.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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However, depending on the scale of games, concentrating these matches into a limited number of venues may add complexity around coordinating TV broadcast timings, match sequencing, fan transportation logistics, and stadium turnaround times.—
Claire Poole,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Factors like weather patterns, the size of animal populations that provide food for ticks, and outdoor human activities can affect the scale of tick exposures.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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“Continuum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continuum. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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