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continuum

[kuhn-tin-yoo-uhm] / kənˈtɪn yu əm /
NOUN
continuation
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It restores Douglass to a living continuum of dissent rather than isolating him as an exceptional voice, and it underscores how fully the Fourth of July once accommodated, even invited, fierce moral criticism from within.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Tamil Nadu has long been attuned to political theatrics, where cinema and power often blur into one continuum.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Sam and Mary give and take in equal measure, wrapped in a continuum made from red silk.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

The observed continuum came from a degeneration of states caused by competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions, not from quantum behavior.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

“Because they’re just not, okay? Let’s go back to talking about Y2K. You once said something about the continuum, and how whatever’s happening now has already happened. Right?”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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