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spectrum

[spek-truhm] / ˈspɛk trəm /
NOUN
color spectrum
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SpaceX has said it wants to move its Starlink satellite service beyond broadband, and the spectrum acquisition could make it a more serious threat to AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

But we also need a long-term vision of how accountability fits into American democracy, with an appeal to those across the political spectrum.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

Haines won the seat of Indi as an independent in 2019, and has since become a prominent member of the crossbench, building rapport across Australia's increasingly divided political spectrum.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The company is also making a play to become a major mobile communications provider, buying up spectrum from other companies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Watching her pinched face, I went through a spectrum of emotions.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

Scientists expect to release images and spectra from some of Juice's instruments in the coming weeks, once the data have reached Earth and instrument teams have had time to evaluate them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

This broad frequency range allowed researchers to examine how the radio spectra of the galaxies change as particles inside their lobes grow older.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The spectra of Larissa, Galatea, and Neptune's rings contained signs of magnesium-rich phyllosilicates.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

DR20 now includes integral field spectroscopy maps of 6 separate target regions covering 169 tiles and about 300,000 spectra.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

Some scientists think that when expansion is followed by contraction, when the spectra of distant galaxies are all blue-shifted, causality will be inverted and effects will precede causes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Most importantly, politicians across all spectrums of the party need to be much better listeners.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2026

Among the contenders in this year’s original song race are two on opposite ends of multiple spectrums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

In the last 15 years or so, psychiatry has embraced what’s called a dimensional approach, based on the idea of scales and spectrums of trait and symptom severity.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2023

“These surveys tend to include much broader spectrums of trans individuals, and we cannot be as certain that our results are as problematic in the broader group,” Dr. Frisch said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

We're just different, like we exist on different spectrums.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman


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