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spectrum

[spek-truhm] / ˈspɛk trəm /
NOUN
color spectrum
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Helpfulness is a spectrum, and scientists don’t all agree about which animals should be defined as true cooperative breeders.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

There’s another crisis happening at the other end of the lighting spectrum.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

"I'm interested in those two ends of the spectrum, and where and how they might influence one another."

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Today, Social Security goes well beyond its original goal of providing a basic level of protection, paying out an average of more than $2,000 a month to Americans across the income spectrum.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Most of them had assumed the wine with nothing in it was a trap and placed it toward the end of the spectrum.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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