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gamut

[gam-uht] / ˈgæm ət /


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Then you move to “for ease” luxuries that will run the gamut from ordering delivery on busy nights to hiring a cleaning service and beyond.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

The foods are extreme and run the gamut, from silkworm pupa to a whole goat head.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

They run the gamut from high-level careers in AI strategy to hourly work, in industries including finance, healthcare and manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

The rugged individualists’ arguments run the gamut from a sincere nostalgia — many chairs designed and installed in the 20th century didn’t even have safety bars, they note — to the intentionally absurd.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

He’d been through the whole gamut of emotions in the short time since he’d arrived at the Glade.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

These gamuts are important if your work requires them, though if that’s the case, I’m guessing you know that.

From The Verge Jan. 17, 2022

It’s as though a leaf blower has blown all the gamuts pirouetting into the air.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2020

He called them gamuts and likened them to a collection stones or shells he might pick up on the beach.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2020

Wide color gamuts let you see shades of colors that exist in real life but that earlier TVs couldn’t display.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2018

And with what marvellous vibration he gamuts the passions, festooning them with carnations and great white tube roses, but the dark dramatic motive is never lost in the decorative wiles of this magician.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker




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