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Two propositions aimed at easing housing costs for renters and would-be homeowners in California easily passed Tuesday night, making clear that voters across the socioeconomic spectrum support any way to lower sky-high housing prices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
On the other side of macroeconomic spectrum, economists have characterized the US labor market by the phrase "low-hire, low-fire" -- stable, but with little chance for growth or movement for most people.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
SpaceX plans to buy spectrum licenses from at least a few companies and appears to be in talks with cellular tower operators to buy access to their infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Cárdenas earned the respect of all the political spectrum for his political coherence and moral integrity, Basave said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
New York was another spectrum unto itself, and the great diversity I’d seen at Howard, solely among black people, now spread across a metropolis.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The team examined their spectra, which reveal how much light is present at different wavelengths.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
By studying the patterns in those spectra, astronomers can learn about the gas surrounding stars and determine how quickly it is moving.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
One interesting result, Davis says, is that signatures of magnesium-rich phyllosilicates were found in the spectra of Larissa, Galatea, and the rings -- minerals that only form in the presence of liquid water.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Hubble began to measure the spectra of distant galaxies–the business that Slipher had begun in Arizona.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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
“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
“I’m questioning whether it is. … The Pride flag represents making space for all humans on all the spectrums, and this is where we’re going as a human species,” Cain said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
Thermal emission spectrums of the planet’s daylight side will be compared to known rocks like basalt and granite to see if they can deduce a surface composition.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 3, 2022
We're just different, like we exist on different spectrums.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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