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spectrum

[spek-truhm] / ˈspɛk trəm /
NOUN
color spectrum
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At the advanced end of the spectrum, Russia reportedly fielded at least one model of a fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle in early 2025.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

The president and the New York City mayor, on opposing sides of the ideological spectrum, appeared side-by-side at Gracie Mansion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

The bubbles were small, inconspicuous, and held a strange, unpalatable beauty when shafts of light pierced them and brightened his mouth with a briefly degraded spectrum of color.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Their UV spectra contain fingerprints of chemical elements in their atmospheres while also revealing details about the stellar winds carrying material away from their surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 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

Roughly 99% of those objects will be observed only photometrically, meaning through images taken in different colors rather than detailed spectra.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

They also examined spectra, which are created when light is separated into its component wavelengths, much like a prism creating a rainbow.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 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

Like “Lioness,” both the “Avatar” movies and the Marvel films are also about war and the spectrums of “good” and “evil.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 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

“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

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

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman




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