continuum
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They wanted a community that offered a continuum of care—independent living to skilled nursing—because they might eventually need more help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Her egg-freezing decision is a part of that continuum.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s also her first album in more than a decade, one that maintains the neo-soul continuum she’s nourished since her multi-platinum 2000 debut, “Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Vol. 1.”
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 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
All the research fell into place along a single global-to-local continuum.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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
The locus may largely consist of continua of imaginary points; but the real parts of it constitute a real curve or real curves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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
Other cities receive federal funds and have continuums of care.
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
Back then, they got through the rough patch with Neal proposing, but now they’re right back there again, their time continuums crossing over a rotary-dial phone.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2014
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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