run the gamut
idiom
: to encompass an entire range of something
Her emotions ran the gamut from joy to despair.
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His emotions know how to run the gamut from comedy to tragedy, deftly moving past his humorous nature to being more stoic when the heat gets turned up for the Blazing Trojans.
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Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Her events run the gamut from beachy and tropical to vintage and eclectic—and everything in between.
—Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Larger dishes run the gamut from seafood rice with Maine lobster, saffron, and aioli to a classic bouillabaisse of monkfish, hake, tilefish, red snapper, and striped bass.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2025
But the trail of victims from the economic wreckage run the gamut from the ti-machann female traders who serve as the backbone of the economy to family-run conglomerates.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Her events run the gamut from beachy and tropical to vintage and eclectic—and everything in between.
—Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Larger dishes run the gamut from seafood rice with Maine lobster, saffron, and aioli to a classic bouillabaisse of monkfish, hake, tilefish, red snapper, and striped bass.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2025
But the trail of victims from the economic wreckage run the gamut from the ti-machann female traders who serve as the backbone of the economy to family-run conglomerates.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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