continuum
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“The continuum is where the compromise can exist,” Scharp says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Her egg-freezing decision is a part of that continuum.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
They also observed that biological materials formed a continuum ranging from well preserved to heavily degraded.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
Tamil Nadu has long been attuned to political theatrics, where cinema and power often blur into one continuum.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
But in the deepest infinity—nestled within the vast continuum of numbers—zero kept appearing.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
And the people who are pushing back against the right of trans people to exist are ignoring the science that says that there are continua of features, including behavioral expression and anatomical features.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2020
Moreover, this kind of “categorical perception is a phenomenon that has been reported not only for color, but for other perceptual continua, such as phonemes, musical tones and facial expressions.”
From Scientific American ● Apr. 19, 2018
The doctor mentions several possible diagnoses: new daily persistent headache, migraine with aura, and hemicrania continua, a headache on one side of the head that never ends.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2016
THE words a luta continua shine in garish orange neon from the artwork in the lobby of South Africa’s Constitutional Court.
From Economist ● Dec. 16, 2015
Elements mutually contingent are not in conflict so long as they partake of the continua of time, space, etc.,—partaking being the exact opposite of strife.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
Across the state’s six continuums of care, which are local planning bodies responsible for coordinating homeless services in a geographic area, Vancouver, Washington, and Clark County saw the biggest percentage increase over the two-year period.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
The federal government had recommended these continuums of care since 1994, but not until the Hearth Act was funding tied to specific metrics of effectiveness.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
Currently, Glendale, Long Beach and Pasadena have their own continuums of care and administer their own homeless counts and services for people on the streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
What is up is down, and down is up, and truth and fiction cross into parallel continuums.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2019
For a minute he paused, wondering if there were other continuums or only this one, wondering just how deep the paradox lay.
From An Empty Bottle by Mari Wolf
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