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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Recent Examples of ranged His comments ranged widely, covering the latest battlefield developments, efforts to counter Russian ballistic attacks, the state of peace negotiations, Ukraine’s budgetary challenges and the political turmoil surrounding Fedorov’s dismissal. ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 Conversations ranged from futuristic descriptions of everyday flying car trips to the ongoing struggles over funding for electric transit buses. Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The nodules in those early cases ranged from 4 to 10 millimeters, and were the peripheral, hard-to-reach kind where conventional biopsy tools most often fall short. Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 On August 8, the cost of a return ticket with EasyJet ranged from £450 to £600, depending on priority boarding, luggage and seating choices. Andy Naylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Their frustrations have ranged from anger over the tax incentives offered to certain projects to NIMBY-esque aesthetic concerns about acres upon acres of solar panels. Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026 About a quarter of the sales was rated with an attribution score that ranged from 80 to 100, which showed that shoppers used Ustyle outfits before a sale. Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the deaths of Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy, who ranged from 8 months to 5 years old. Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Violations ranged from the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act to the First Amendment. Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranged
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  • In theory, that theft should leave the heather worse off — the reason ecologists have long classified Pedicularis as a parasite.
    Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Vaccine hesitancy in faith communities in the Americas Two years ago the entire region of the Americas – North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean – was classified as a measles-free zone.
    Kathryn H. Jacobsen, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Players in their official uniforms roamed from photo shoots on the indoor practice field — with props like a bag of potato chips set to the side for quick access — to curtained pop-up rooms to record content that will be used on game days.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Star players from the Phillies and Twins also roamed the field freely with families, friends and fellow players.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • The narrative is punctuated by prose-poems about the water conditions during her swims, which varied enormously from day to day and month to month, sometimes exquisite, sometimes terrifying.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
  • How far back that recovery can reach has varied from case to case.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Palestinians and Lebanese displaced by the 1967 war were joining relatives or acquaintances in Dearborn, and residents arranged food and medical services for the new arrivals.
    Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Solano also arranged for 30 Jackson patients to go to the 14-bed Dulce Hogar ALF on Northwest 26th Avenue between 2016 and the end of 2023.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • The charter school ranked among the top elementary, middle and high schools across the county.
    Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Even though the Chargers ranked a middle-of-the-pack 17th in net punting average last season, JK Scott garnered more respect than that.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • The Denver encounter also came just days after a mother bear and cub wandered into the city's Harvey Park neighborhood.
    Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Sant Ambroeus Aspen A bear recently wandered into a restaurant in Aspen, while another was spotted on Colorado State University's campus during move-in week.
    Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Victor Gabriel Tourinho Camargo, a Brazilian content creator known as Uvitinho, organized several tournaments in the city of Suzano.
    Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Lloyd, 74, was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma in March, according to a GoFundMe organized by his friend and Richard Lloyd Group bassist Sean Seymour.
    sameen, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • Wedbush's Reese noted that Imax is grouped in with the theatrical exhibition space, which is traditionally a slow-growth, dividend-paying business.
    Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Governors no longer are grouped with Class 5A sectional nemesis Merrillville, which has ended each of their past three seasons.
    Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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