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continuum

[kuhn-tin-yoo-uhm] / kənˈtɪn ju əm /
NOUN
continuation
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McKesson Chief Executive Officer Brian Tyler said the deal aligns with the company’s long-term strategy to expand access to therapies across the care continuum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Her egg-freezing decision is a part of that continuum.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

"It was not an all or nothing phenomenon. We observed that cAMP responses across cells varied on a continuum," said co-corresponding author Michael Krashes, Ph.D., a senior investigator at NIDDK.

From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

I looked out the window, reminded that I was part of a humble continuum.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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 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

Aluta continua for all women all over the world – we fight to be loved and to be protected, and thank Maya for her tremendous role in the fight.

From The Guardian ● May 29, 2014

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

Other cities receive federal funds and have continuums of care.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022

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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