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Recent Examples of spectrum
The once-dominant Labour and Conservative parties were losing votes to Reform, to the left-wing Green Party at the other end of the political spectrum, and to the nationalists in Scotland and Wales.
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Andrew MacAskill, USA Today, 8 May 2026
In these programs, nurse faculty members showcase the spectrum of careers available to underrepresented groups in nursing, including men.
—Nicholas A. Giordano, STAT, 8 May 2026
There’s another crisis happening at the other end of the lighting spectrum.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Even if passed and signed into law, the proposal may fall short for sandwich generation caregivers, who face simultaneous, overlapping demands on both ends of the age spectrum.
—Kate Perepezko, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
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Andrew MacAskill, USA Today, 8 May 2026
In these programs, nurse faculty members showcase the spectrum of careers available to underrepresented groups in nursing, including men.
—Nicholas A. Giordano, STAT, 8 May 2026
There’s another crisis happening at the other end of the lighting spectrum.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Even if passed and signed into law, the proposal may fall short for sandwich generation caregivers, who face simultaneous, overlapping demands on both ends of the age spectrum.
—Kate Perepezko, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectrum
Noun
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Philadelphia led 33-31 after the first quarter behind 6-for-9 shooting from 3-point range.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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For babies who don’t get the shot, the risk for vitamin K deficiency bleeding from a week after birth to 6 months ranges from 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 25,000 births.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Ask for another round of the appealingly coarse corn tortillas, for scooping up birria off a Jurassic-scale marrow bone.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Yet such gestures failed to meet the scale of the problem.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Game 4 delivered the gamut of basketball emotions to the Timberwolves.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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The spa The treatments run the gamut from body scrubs and acupuncture to IV infusions and cryotherapy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Spectrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectrum. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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