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diapasons

noun

plural of diapason

as in ranges

the distance or extent between possible extremes the survey ultimately recorded the full diapason of seemingly possible replies regarding sexual practices

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The stock market is doing just enough, through slim trading volumes and narrow index trading ranges, to escape August with its uptrend intact.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
In practice, American pilots will be able to detect an enemy on radar, launch the missile from extreme ranges and destroy the target before coming within close proximity to the enemy, potentially increasing the pilot's survivability.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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Each of the four fold-out implements within the Helton chassis locks in place via a simple liner lock-style mechanism between the scales that secures the tool at the joint.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
Because the amount of charge scales with how far a drop slides and the coating’s ability to resist scales with its thickness, the effect has a limit.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of scales

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The consensus seems to be that these bizarre objects, which were first discovered in 2022, are growing supermassive black holes entombed within huge clouds of gas that have spectrums similar to cool, red stars, such as red giants.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Watson and Sanders are at different ends of their respective career spectrums.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

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