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During the election campaign, she sought to woo voters from across the political spectrum.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
"There are probably two ends of the spectrum," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
So Vanguard surveyed retirees across the income spectrum about how they spent through their entire retirement nest eggs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Digestive problems have already been well documented among people with autism spectrum disorder.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
But because of the limitations of our eyes, we have a prejudice, a bias, toward that tiny rainbow band we call the spectrum of visible light.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Brown has been modeling the climates and spectra of self-luminous giant planets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Across the BHM and MWM surveys, DR20 contains more than 3 million spectra covering 1.5 million stars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
"When we compared the spectra during the transit to the baseline, we saw that the atmosphere blocked the wavelengths of starlight absorbed by methane," Bello-Arufe said.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
In its current phase, the project uses robotic instruments to collect spectra from millions of objects across the sky, helping scientists study how stars, black holes, and galaxies evolve over time.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026
He raises the truck’s aerial, puts on the headset, and scans the spectra, trying to find anything that is not sanctioned.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
“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
Using sophisticated scientific instruments, the telescope actually took measurements of the atmosphere by analyzing the spectrums of light that passed through it.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2022
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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