spectrum
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So Vanguard surveyed retirees across the income spectrum about how they spent through their entire retirement nest eggs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
But those mixtures usually absorb light broadly across the visible spectrum, giving them a brown or black appearance.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
That report will guide the European Parliament, where lawmaker Alex Agius Saliba said there were concerns across the political spectrum.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
"Very few people favour cuts, disabled people are seen as among the most deserving recipients of support, and proposals to reduce disability benefits appear politically risky across the political spectrum."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Exceptional refers to both ends of the spectrum, so all my life I’ve been exceptional.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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One interesting result, Davis says, is that signatures of magnesium-rich phyllosilicates were found in the spectra of Larissa, Galatea, and the rings -- minerals that only form in the presence of liquid water.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
DR20 now includes integral field spectroscopy maps of 6 separate target regions covering 169 tiles and about 300,000 spectra.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The spectra of Larissa, Galatea, and Neptune's rings contained signs of magnesium-rich phyllosilicates.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
By examining highly precise data collected by DAMPE, researchers discovered a universal pattern in the energy spectra of primary cosmic ray nuclei, ranging from lightweight protons to much heavier iron nuclei.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
He raises the truck’s aerial, puts on the headset, and scans the spectra, trying to find anything that is not sanctioned.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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In the last 15 years or so, psychiatry has embraced what’s called a dimensional approach, based on the idea of scales and spectrums of trait and symptom severity.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2023
“These surveys tend to include much broader spectrums of trans individuals, and we cannot be as certain that our results are as problematic in the broader group,” Dr. Frisch said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
“I’m questioning whether it is. … The Pride flag represents making space for all humans on all the spectrums, and this is where we’re going as a human species,” Cain said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
During the last six decades, the religiosity of U.S. militarism has faded into a more generalized set of assumptions -- shared, in the current crisis, across traditional political spectrums.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2022
We're just different, like we exist on different spectrums.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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