variation
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In the first week of September there has been a big variation in rainfall across the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Importantly, the newer plant populations still contained substantial genetic variation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Minsal, who led the teams that canvassed three large census tracts with the greatest variation, said he recalls their 2025 count being lower and thinks a digital glitch doubled it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
And that “average” return figure masks a lot of variation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
It showed no variation but of tint: green, where rush and moss overgrew the marshes; black, where the dry soil bore only heath.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
However, it also noted that periods of heavy rain or drought could indirectly affect fault zones, pointing to a study that suggested that rates of micro-quakes may undergo small variations related to rainfall patterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
To examine small variations in the distribution of gluons inside nuclei, the researchers used a technique known as incoherent J/ψ photonuclear production.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Scientists say the impacts of cleaner air, natural variations and the effects of warming itself are all tangled together.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
It's a story that has long featured the New York property tycoon as the hero, with variations on him taking workers down to Ground Zero.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Man and its variations no longer seem appropriate as catchalls, especially when we refer to women: When Cynthia was chairman, she provided most of the manpower.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing variation
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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