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And that “average” return figure masks a lot of variation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

"NHS England is leading a programme of work which is already helping to increase the number of transplants, reduce variation, identify suitable patients earlier and improve access," it added.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Admittedly this was often tempered by a headache—which Kumar said may have been triggered by a variation in caffeine dose from my usual coffee order—and slightly sore teeth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Short of driving cross-country or moving to the Midwest, there is little the average Californian can do to avoid this, but the vast variation in prices holds hints about other ways to save.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Succinct, yet magisterial, this formula captured the essence of the interactions between heredity, chance, environment, variation, and evolution in determining the form and fate of an organism.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

AT&T’s own OTel model, which is an open model customized with telecom-specific data, was tested in 32 different variations of model type and parameter size, Markus said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Temperature variations and anomalies in countries close to the equator are typically smaller than in temperate climates.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Just different formations ... variations of the same route ... I mean, shoot, that just shows how good a coach Coach Mike is — got us in different positions to be successful.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

Subtle variations in the prompt can produce different answers.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

A hundred variations on, I’ll miss you, dude, from people who probably stopped missing him before he was in the ground.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson