continuum

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Sovereignty and openness aren’t opposites; they lie on a continuum.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

"I'm outgoing and very confident and I love being around people," Auer says, "but I get that inkling that they all think I'm stupid and ugly, and that my life is a continuum of mistakes."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

“Alfie” is whisperingly intimate, with Kirk concentrating on just the tenor, and taking his place in the continuum of master balladeers like Ben Webster and Don Byas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

"The difference between humans and chimpanzees isn't a categorical leap. It's more like a continuum," Sanford said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025

But in the deepest infinity—nestled within the vast continuum of numbers—zero kept appearing.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife