ranged

past tense of range
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as in varied
to occur within a continuous range of variation the color of Florida grapefruit can range anywhere from pale pink to ruby red

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ranged The subjects ranged from data science and AI to business management and public speaking. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Downstairs, the food options ranged from hot dogs and nachos to a plethora of baked goods and German-style plates. — Elleanna Revell, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026 His work ranged from conceptual installations to assemblage sculptures and paintings. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 The responses ranged from graphic drops such as the Essentials and West Coast Choppers lines to accessories, denim and hoodies, of course. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 Drama ranged from love triangles to nasty step-parents, tell-all novels to murder — all with the titular Gossip Girl watching and narrating it all. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 Her outfits ranged from princess dresses to Nineties-style streetwear. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2026 The allegations against Garlin ranged from unwanted hugging and touching people on set to telling jokes that made others uncomfortable. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026 Outlets in the new media seat have ranged from right-wing influencers to startup media outlets. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranged
Verb
  • Treasurer Erick Russell has also pushed changes designed to prevent active bank accounts from being wrongly classified as abandoned.
    — Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office reviewed the man’s death and classified it as a homicide, Becchina said.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Officials hope to repopulate vulnerable species Giant pandas once roamed vast swaths of China, northern Myanmar and Vietnam, but their habitats shrank due to human encroachment and climate change.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
  • El Adli said the fossils likely belonged to an animal from one of two extinct mammal families that roamed North America during the Uintan North American Land Mammal Age.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The palette varied slightly between the earlier period and the later years.
    — Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The hastiness helps to explain why the administration’s defenses of the order varied so exotically.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Look out for crystals, beading, and embroidery arranged with enough precision to feel considered rather than excessive.
    — Corinne Pierre-Louis, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
  • With its octagonal clusters of flats arranged around a central water tower that looks like a fist raised against the sky, the neighborhood doesn’t have much spirit of community.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Natomas Unified School District ranked #2 among the most diverse school districts in America and #7 for Best School Districts in the Sacramento area.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The temblor ranked weak to light on the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The end result, Dallas Wilson wandered into the end zone, and the lead was 17.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Inside, a photo call sat to one side while the crowd wandered among jewelry vitrines with Champagne, white Negronis and white cosmos in hand, taking in the diamonds.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Zhang was one of more than 50 students from China, Singapore, Britain and Australia attending a camp in Beijing organized by the year-old AI learning platform Xinya AI.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The nearby Jefferson drill site, which Redeemer Community Partnership also organized against, elected to shut down in 2018 after the city ordered it to implement stronger health protections.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The earlier four-count indictment grouped the devices found outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters together under each charge.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
  • While Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander communities are regularly grouped together and considered uniformly successful, studies have found significant disparities in educational access and outcomes across subgroups over time.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Ranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranged. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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