run the gamut

idiom

: to encompass an entire range of something

Her emotions ran the gamut from joy to despair.

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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 The most challenging aspect of his movies, which run the gamut from the brilliant (Dogtooth, The Favourite) to the irritatingly opaque (Kinetta, The Killing of a Sacred Deer), has more to do with the impassivity of his gaze and the delectable swagger behind it. —

Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024 Customer interactions—which can run the gamut from invoices to emails to chats with a helpdesk—are valuable to 56% of companies. —

Megan Poinski, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for run the gamut

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