variation

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The Gallup-Purdue Index, surveying more than 30,000 graduates on workplace engagement and life satisfaction, finds that institutional type—private vs. public, selective vs. not—explains almost none of the variation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

But it stresses that is an average and there could be considerable variation, and that estimate will depend partly on the outlook for energy prices, which have a wide economic impact.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The company said in mid-April that each one dollar variation in the price of a barrel has a $340 million on its annual operating profit before tax.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

That work found that ancient southern Africans carried genetic variation outside the range seen in living people and identified Homo sapiens specific variants that may shed light on adaptation and evolution within Africa.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

It is a variation of the basic principle that if you know one angle and one side of an equilateral or right-angled triangle, then you can determine the other angles and sides.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton