high and low
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This measure distinguished individuals with high and low Charlson Comorbidity Index scores, a widely used metric that estimates how additional health conditions affect a person's risk of death.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026
Meanwhile, gold prices swung sharply, with the largest range between the intraday high and low since 2013.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
As shippers frontloaded their goods to get ahead of import taxes, cargo volumes swung high and low.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
The behaviour of the jet stream influences where high and low pressure systems form.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025
He searched high and low for the dog, up in the Midnight Mountains, out on Strawberry Mesa, down in the Rio Grande gorge.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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