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as in classified
to arrange or assign according to type
the campers were ranged in patrols, each patrol consisting of girls in a certain age group
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as in roamed
to move about from place to place aimlessly
she let her dog off the leash and whistled for him every now and then to make sure he didn't range out of hearing
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as in arranged
to put into a particular arrangement
chairs were ranged round the perimeter of the room
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Recent Examples of ranged
The conversation, hosted by the bank’s President of Business Banking, Sharon Miller, ranged from the upcoming sales tax increase to the value of the region’s airport.
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Claire Harutunian,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2026
The ages of the passengers on the boat ranged from 18 to 26 years old, according to WLS.
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Megan Fahrney,
ABC News,
26 June 2026
The injuries ranged from minor to serious in nature, the highway patrol said in its release.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
From Sunday, June 21 through Thursday, June 25 morning, Pittsburgh's dew point — or the temperature the air must be cooled to in order to reach a relative humidity of 100% — has ranged from the upper 40s to just shy of 70, according to The Pennsylvania State Climatologist.
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Finch Walker,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Work ranged from repairing the roof and updating the heating and ventilation systems to remodeling the community workspaces and adding new study pods.
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Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
Reaction among Lions fans in Detroit has ranged from shock to disappointment.
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Hannah McIlree,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
D’Arpizio said investments have ranged from investors such as private equity buying shoe brands to brands investing in the creation of teams to develop shoes or other aspects of product development.
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Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
Group-stage prices ranged from $140 in Category 3 for less glamorous games, to $890 in Category 1 for Colombia against Portugal, and nearly $3,000 for the World Cup opener between Mexico and South Africa.
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Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Claire Harutunian,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2026
The ages of the passengers on the boat ranged from 18 to 26 years old, according to WLS.
—
Megan Fahrney,
ABC News,
26 June 2026
The injuries ranged from minor to serious in nature, the highway patrol said in its release.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
From Sunday, June 21 through Thursday, June 25 morning, Pittsburgh's dew point — or the temperature the air must be cooled to in order to reach a relative humidity of 100% — has ranged from the upper 40s to just shy of 70, according to The Pennsylvania State Climatologist.
—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Work ranged from repairing the roof and updating the heating and ventilation systems to remodeling the community workspaces and adding new study pods.
—
Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
Reaction among Lions fans in Detroit has ranged from shock to disappointment.
—
Hannah McIlree,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
D’Arpizio said investments have ranged from investors such as private equity buying shoe brands to brands investing in the creation of teams to develop shoes or other aspects of product development.
—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
Group-stage prices ranged from $140 in Category 3 for less glamorous games, to $890 in Category 1 for Colombia against Portugal, and nearly $3,000 for the World Cup opener between Mexico and South Africa.
—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranged
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Even in Caracas, where only five buildings collapsed, Rodríguez said at least 30 additional structures have already been classified as unsafe.
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Royalties and license fees are classified as ordinary income under the tax code, taxed at the same rates as wages, not the preferential long-term capital gains rates that apply to appreciated assets held over a year.
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The age of sail, when pirates like Johnny Depp’s fictional Jack Sparrow roamed the seven seas, ended about 200 years ago.
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Earlier this month, dozens of police officers, hunters and city officials were deployed in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, to catch a bear that roamed the streets for four days, forcing mass school closures.
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Estimates from researchers have varied from as high as 39,000 annually to as low as 2,000.
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Before then, such cases were prosecuted under a patchwork of local ordinances that varied across the country.
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The Live Nation website arranged on a laptop in New York, US, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
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As visitors like Fulkerson settled into folding chairs arranged along the same grassy knoll where John Brown and his followers fought their way into the red-brick armory, Kerwin rose, stepped to the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered before her.
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MoneyLion ranked the nation's 50 most affluent suburbs by household income, as measured in the 2024 American Community Survey.
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Sherman’s March, which won the Grand Jury prize at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival, was ranked as one of the highest-grossing documentary films of all time until the mid-1990s.
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The 1,200-pound giraffe, named Gracie, wandered away from her unfenced habitat at Cedar Hollow Ranch in Leakey, Texas, on June 12.
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At the time, the ranch said the giraffe had likely slipped through an enclosure gate and wandered into surrounding private ranchland.
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Volunteers organized the supplies — toothbrushes, baby wipes, instant soup and many other items — and loaded them into boxes, drawing hearts on the outside with magic marker.
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Pastor Jeremy Tuck of Connection Point Church organized a free gas giveaway Sunday in Forest Park, handing out $20 gas cards to the first 250 drivers at a local RaceTrac station.
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In a small number of cases, similar ancestries were grouped together.
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The same pattern shows up in founders rarely grouped together.
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“Ranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranged. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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