run the gamut
idiom
: to encompass an entire range of something
Her emotions ran the gamut from joy to despair.
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Customer interactions—which can run the gamut from invoices to emails to chats with a helpdesk—are valuable to 56% of companies.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Thoughtful touches abound with an extensive selection of bathroom amenities that run the gamut from body scrubs and bug-repellent lotion to hair-drying wraps and wood-and-sponge back scrubbers.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
Hybrid mattresses run the gamut depending on their build.
—Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
The best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time run the gamut in terms of style, subject, and execution.
—Whitney Perry, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2024
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Thoughtful touches abound with an extensive selection of bathroom amenities that run the gamut from body scrubs and bug-repellent lotion to hair-drying wraps and wood-and-sponge back scrubbers.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
Hybrid mattresses run the gamut depending on their build.
—Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
The best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time run the gamut in terms of style, subject, and execution.
—Whitney Perry, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Run the gamut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20the%20gamut. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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