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Two propositions aimed at easing housing costs for renters and would-be homeowners in California easily passed Tuesday night, making clear that voters across the socioeconomic spectrum support any way to lower sky-high housing prices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
On the other side of macroeconomic spectrum, economists have characterized the US labor market by the phrase "low-hire, low-fire" -- stable, but with little chance for growth or movement for most people.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
I think that in subtle ways, we’re seeing a shift in how American voters of all stations along the political spectrum are perceiving the extreme income inequality we live under and reassessing what it means.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
When they examined the spectrum of the emitted coherent radiation, they identified a second region of sustained emission at much higher photon energies than the standard theory predicts.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
But the electromagnetic spectrum runs to zero in one direction and infinity in the other, so really, children, mathematically, all of light is invisible.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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The team examined their spectra, which reveal how much light is present at different wavelengths.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
They analyzed stellar spectra, which are produced by separating light into its component wavelengths, much as a prism divides sunlight into the colors of a rainbow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Scientists expect to release images and spectra from some of Juice's instruments in the coming weeks, once the data have reached Earth and instrument teams have had time to evaluate them.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
And yet, no water ice is indicated by the spectra of any of the three moons studied or their rings.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 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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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
Color perception is also influenced by culture—various cultural groups and languages describe hues in very different spectrums.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 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
We're just different, like we exist on different spectrums.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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