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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 data ranged across core business functions — sales, marketing, engineering, recruiting/HR, operations, design, finance and legal — with the 50% decline consistent across the board.
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Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
The five members — Montesi, Dressler, fiddlers Maggie MacPhail and Julia Homa, and cellist/pianist Giulia Haible — originally met at the Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School ten years ago; at the time their ages ranged from 7 to 11.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
The average credit claimed by Californians ranged from $500 to $600.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Participants ranged in age from 42 to 94, nearly three-quarters were female, and 83 percent were not employed.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Clattenburg, whose post-refereeing commitments have ranged from acting as a consultant to Nottingham Forest to starring on the UK television show Gladiators, was asked by Paqueta’s legal team to pass observation on the four games being viewed as suspicious.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
These issues ranged from academic difficulties and disruptive behaviors to depressive moods.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Her haunting soprano ranged from desolate whispers to expansive belts.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Her classroom was self-contained, with children whose ages ranged from 5-13.
—IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
The five members — Montesi, Dressler, fiddlers Maggie MacPhail and Julia Homa, and cellist/pianist Giulia Haible — originally met at the Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School ten years ago; at the time their ages ranged from 7 to 11.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
The average credit claimed by Californians ranged from $500 to $600.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Participants ranged in age from 42 to 94, nearly three-quarters were female, and 83 percent were not employed.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Clattenburg, whose post-refereeing commitments have ranged from acting as a consultant to Nottingham Forest to starring on the UK television show Gladiators, was asked by Paqueta’s legal team to pass observation on the four games being viewed as suspicious.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
These issues ranged from academic difficulties and disruptive behaviors to depressive moods.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Her haunting soprano ranged from desolate whispers to expansive belts.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Her classroom was self-contained, with children whose ages ranged from 5-13.
—IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranged
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In the end, Sutton-Schulman won the Triangle Springs appeal, but Highmark classified L’s treatment at Menninger as two separate admissions.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Where cancellation fees were once treated largely as compensation outside the scope of VAT, the Court has increasingly classified them as consideration for services and therefore taxable.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Many of these injuries were caused by aerial bombardments, as Israel Defense Forces jets, helicopters and drones regularly roamed the skies, Burney said.—
Brendan Rascius,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Individual year-over-year market values varied greatly, ranging from an over 16% increase one year to an under 1% increase another.—
Madeline King,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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Data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows timelines to get FEMA aid flowing to Wisconsin have varied greatly across presidential administrations, spanning from just a few days to more than two months.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The three-petal footprint arranged in a Y-shape isn’t just for aesthetic purposes.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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In 2007, Kansas was picked to play in the Orange Bowl over Mizzou, even though the Tigers were ranked higher and had won the head-to-head matchup in the final week of the regular season.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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His 151 carries ranked sixth, while his 631 rushing yards ranked seventh.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In Jacksonville, Florida, a 5-year-old wandered away from home in the early morning hours.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Despite its common name, this creature wasn’t simply a lion that wandered into the Americas.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which has organized dozens of boats to sail to Gaza carrying humanitarian aid, said that one of its main vessels was targeted in a drone strike just after midnight local time on Tuesday while docked near the Tunisian capital.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Attached to the appeal letter were nearly 200 pages of records organized by headings and numbers.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Half of the miscellaneous productions also blew their budgets though they aren't grouped under one franchise.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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War-naming conventions There are a number of different ways in which wars are named, but they can be broadly grouped around place, participants or time.—
Esther Brito Ruiz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Ranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranged. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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