continuum
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There’s little discernible time continuum in Moses’s works, and her skills wavered, too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Sovereignty and openness aren’t opposites; they lie on a continuum.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
"I'm outgoing and very confident and I love being around people," Auer says, "but I get that inkling that they all think I'm stupid and ugly, and that my life is a continuum of mistakes."
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
"The difference between humans and chimpanzees isn't a categorical leap. It's more like a continuum," Sanford said.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025
In reality, all of those dates are merely attempts to label arbitrary points along a continuum.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing continuum
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