run the gamut
idiom
: to encompass an entire range of something
Her emotions ran the gamut from joy to despair.
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As usual, the sales run the gamut, including up to 50% off on tech including JBL headphones and Eufy security cameras, 55% off Zinus mattresses, 40% on select vacuums Bissell and Tineco and 20% of Stanley drinkware.
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Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
As poetry, the lyrics could run the gamut from generic and derivative to just plain weird.
—Luke Savage, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Parise says his students and club members run the gamut politically, from religious conservatives to progressives.
—Robert Benincasa, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
These experiences run the gamut between receiving harassing messages to being harassed in person on dates.
—Myisha Battle, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
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Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
As poetry, the lyrics could run the gamut from generic and derivative to just plain weird.
—Luke Savage, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Parise says his students and club members run the gamut politically, from religious conservatives to progressives.
—Robert Benincasa, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
These experiences run the gamut between receiving harassing messages to being harassed in person on dates.
—Myisha Battle, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Run the gamut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20the%20gamut. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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