spectrum
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During the election campaign, she sought to woo voters from across the political spectrum.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
"There are probably two ends of the spectrum," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The AI backlash that began as a turn against data centers by people across the political spectrum shifted in the last few days to Terminator-level fears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
“On the other end of the spectrum, I would expect the large, well-established banks to do almost nothing.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Natural harmonics are ‘hidden’ notes, usually quite high in pitch, which are found within any given sound, like the additional colours of the spectrum that are contained within white light.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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This broad frequency range allowed researchers to examine how the radio spectra of the galaxies change as particles inside their lobes grow older.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
Across the BHM and MWM surveys, DR20 contains more than 3 million spectra covering 1.5 million stars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
According to the researchers, the new method delivers redshift estimates with precision comparable to spectroscopic measurements, but without requiring spectra.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
Some scientists think that when expansion is followed by contraction, when the spectra of distant galaxies are all blue-shifted, causality will be inverted and effects will precede causes.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Most importantly, politicians across all spectrums of the party need to be much better listeners.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2026
Among the contenders in this year’s original song race are two on opposite ends of multiple spectrums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
“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
We're just different, like we exist on different spectrums.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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