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ranges 1 of 2

noun

plural of range

as in pastures

open land over which livestock may roam and feed knew exactly how many head of cattle were turned out on the range that morning to graze

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as in scopes

an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends didn't know she had such a wide range of knowledge until I talked to her

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as in scales

the distance or extent between possible extremes an actor who can go through the full range of emotion, from joy to sorrow, in mere minutes

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as in walks

a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure they were stopped by security personnel while taking an innocent range through the palace grounds

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as in lines

a series of persons or things arranged one behind another from the air, the mountain range stretched as far as we could see in both directions

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as in stoves

an appliance that prepares food for consumption by heating it the high-end appliances include a professional-quality gas range

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as in habitats

the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found the American robin's winter range has steadily extended farther and farther north

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ranges

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verb

present tense third-person singular of range

as in ranks

to arrange or assign according to type the campers were ranged in patrols, each patrol consisting of girls in a certain age group

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as in roams

to move about from place to place aimlessly she let her dog off the leash and whistled for him every now and then to make sure he didn't range out of hearing

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as in varies

to occur within a continuous range of variation the color of Florida grapefruit can range anywhere from pale pink to ruby red

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as in classifies

to put into a particular arrangement chairs were ranged round the perimeter of the room

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Noun

What emerges is a picture of migratory birds that is both more complicated and more remarkable than the simple arrows pointing between breeding and wintering ranges on a map. — Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 Her shoe wardrobe ranges from classic block-heel ballerinas to whimsical dainty sandals adorned with lemons. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 Apple has officially unveiled its $299 HomeView hub to compete with Amazon and Google's smart display ranges, offering smart home controls, Apple Intelligence, and easy access to Siri. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026 The Sentinel-2 pair observe and capture imagery of our planet in different wavelengths using a high-resolution multispectral imager that can see 13 different spectral bands, or ranges of wavelengths. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026 SoFi rate ranges are current as of 9/3/2026 and are subject to change at any time. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 The geographic spread ranges from Australia to South Africa, India to Mexico, South Korea to Spain, Brazil to Greece, and beyond. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Then again, Samantha’s age in the text effectively kicks her out of acceptable ranges for a YA novel, which typically features main characters between twelve and eighteen years old. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 Additionally, Hall-effect switches have various magnetic flux ranges, usually measured in Gauss, that indicate the minimum and maximum magnetic field strength the switch supports. — ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

Verb

The source of the conflict ranges from elements of gun culture identity to the technical characteristics of these weapons. — Robert Spitzer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 Board president is the only citywide seat, and the role wields outsized power for the 21-member body by setting the board agenda, which ranges from routine contracts to the district’s billion-dollar budget. — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 The percentage of families who want formal childcare at age 2 ranges from less than one-third of parents in East New York (School District 19) to just short of two-thirds of parents in Park Slope (School District 15), analysts found. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 The ultimate definition, fixed into all eternity, of the adequate price for a book comes from Joseph Caspar Witsch who on the longlist of legendary publishers ranges straight after Ledig-Rowohlt. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 Elise Armani and Katy Siegel, an art history PhD candidate/museum curator and an art history professor, respectively, coauthor in an engaging voice, and their joint expertise ranges impressively across media. — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The Icons collection ranges from $595 to $730 and is available to Vogue Shopping readers exclusively for 24 hours before its official launch date, below. — Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026 Every room has southwest-facing, floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the views of the sprawling Snake River Valley below, and the iconic Tetons above, and the towering Snake River ranges beyond. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 The expert panel also found insufficient data to set strict healthy reference ranges for the abundance of individual microbial species, and discouraged testing companies from offering therapeutic advice based on results. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranges

Noun

While reporting on wolves attacking livestock in Northern California, I was stunned to learn some shepherds put donkeys in their pastures to ward off predators.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
These arid plains dotted with date palms were once full of natural lakes and lush pastures on which local inhabitants roamed and grazed their livestock.

— Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of pastures

Noun

Confining Employees To Rigid Roles As a business grows, team members with rigid, constrained scopes may stop working or supporting others outside their existing scope.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026
These involve a cancer screening test, followed by a surgical procedure involving robotic scopes.

— Tara Molina, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of scopes

Noun

Atmospheric fluctuations on shorter weekly or daily scales, such as sudden stratospheric warming events, polar vortex disruptions, or shifts in the Arctic Oscillation, can temporarily override the overarching El Niño pattern.

— Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
But even those examples fall far short of the sort of figures that would tilt the scales in any outcomes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of scales

Noun

In the bottom of the third, Yamamoto gave up a leadoff single and issued two walks before Yelich came up to the plate with two outs and drove a curveball into center field for two runs.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Howell’s early Blackheath, London, workroom and her walks along the Suffolk coast.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of walks

Noun

Jayendu Krishna, a director at Drewry Maritime Advisors, said none of the major container shipping lines had resumed services through Hormuz since suspending operations following the outbreak of the war in February.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
To judge from the lines of young, very devoted fans snaking around the cemetery, Geese has already built the requisite subculture to thrive longer-term.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of lines

Noun

To find out which plants are native to your area, call the extension program at your local state university or visit Homegrown National Park, a nonprofit organization with information about creating backyard habitats.

— Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Rising sea levels risk submerging low-lying habitats, and increasingly severe droughts threaten to dry up food and shade.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Walker ranks second in the NFL with 87 rushing attempts this year, on pace for 370 this season.

— Sam McDowell October 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
While there’s nothing like feeling settled in your new home, the physical act of packing all your stuff (sorting, tossing, and organizing it in boxes) and then unpacking it in another residence ranks somewhere between a root canal and filing taxes.

— Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

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