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spectra

noun

variants or spectrums

plural of spectrum

as in ranges

the distance or extent between possible extremes the complete spectrum of opinions on this hotly debated subject

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Recent Examples of spectra But two programs living on different spectrums of chaos this season. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Besides a basic image scan, the files also captured the images in the infrared and ultraviolet spectrums. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026 The consensus seems to be that these bizarre objects, which were first discovered in 2022, are growing supermassive black holes entombed within huge clouds of gas that have spectrums similar to cool, red stars, such as red giants. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Watson and Sanders are at different ends of their respective career spectrums. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 And various crypto market structure bills have attracted sponsors across parties and ideological spectrums. — Patrick McHenry, Fortune, 16 July 2026 Besides adhering to and leveraging various spectrums of light, temperature, air quality, and noise levels, these conditions are underrated factors that either support or undermine human biology hour by hour. — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 Vulture’s critics are tracking the year’s TV highlights across the streaming and broadcast spectrums, from breakout hits to underseen gems and everything in between. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026 Much will soon be made of the movie’s epic, final-act twist, but despite such swerves, the film maintains its utter ambiguity to the end, giving heart to the lostness that so many across ideological spectrums now feel. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025

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The current design conversation is reframing them as intentional styling tools, which should push manufacturers toward better fabrics, cleaner fits and broader color ranges.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
To his point, expanding size ranges does involve investment in pattern-making, grading, sampling, production, and inventory planning.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranges

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Instead, as would later happen in Kansas and Nebraska, slaveowners and Southern sympathizers on the one hand and abolitionists and Free-Soilers on the other all flocked to California to try to tip the political scales in their favor.

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
This discovery establishes a new way to couple mechanical motion and electricity at the smallest scales, opening new possibilities for molecular electronics.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

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