ranging
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present participleof range.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
rangenounthe extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible.
Example Sentences
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Their unusual properties could eventually support technologies ranging from ultra-efficient electronics and quantum computers to advanced medical systems.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
There are hundreds of specialised manufacturing towns in China, producing items ranging from bicycles to socks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Of the 35 so-called chapters of talks ranging from fisheries and economic policy to freedom of speech and free movement of goods, 27 had begun and 11 of them were provisionally complete, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Every Christmas, the Rex adults and their children, ranging in age from 4 to 28, come together but the family football games have been put on hold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Adam waited out the winter, wandering up the river to Sacramento, ranging in the valley of the San Joaquin, and when the spring came Adam had no money.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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