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a range or series of things that are slightly different from each other and that exist between two different possibilities
His motives for volunteering lie somewhere on the continuum between charitable and self-serving. a continuum of temperatures ranging from very cold to very hot
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Infuse Flexibility Into Your Plan And Documents Given the broad continuum of possible estate tax outcomes, all of which might change in a future administration, evaluate different options for integrating flexibility into your plan and documents.
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Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
And so there’s a continuum out there amongst species that is not all genetically related according to the family tree.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Combine several species and varieties to produce a continuum of blooms from fall to spring.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
In contrast to a classical bit, which can only be in one of its two basic states, a qubit can be in any of a continuum of possible states, as defined by the values of the quantum amplitudes α and β.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2018
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Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
And so there’s a continuum out there amongst species that is not all genetically related according to the family tree.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Combine several species and varieties to produce a continuum of blooms from fall to spring.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
In contrast to a classical bit, which can only be in one of its two basic states, a qubit can be in any of a continuum of possible states, as defined by the values of the quantum amplitudes α and β.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2018
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“Continuum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/continuum. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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