The stellar masses of galaxies vs. revised luminosity distances from cosmic-ladder (blue), spectroscopic (orange), and photometric (green) estimates. The flux limits of 2MRS, 2MPZ, and WISE × SCOS are indicated as solid gray, solid black, and dashed black lines, respectively. For reference, the 400 Mpc cut placed by the MANGROVE authors is indicated as a vertical solid line. The distance of galaxies farther away are derived from spectroscopic measurements, superseding the initial 2MPZ photometric estimate. The hashed region is excluded in the present study.