What does ranging mean?
Ranging means present participle and gerund of range.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of range.
In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
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Use ranging when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ranging means present participle and gerund of range.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
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