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diverse

[dih-vurs, dahy-, dahy-vurs] / dɪˈvɜrs, daɪ-, ˈdaɪ vɜrs /


Usage

What are other ways to say diverse? The adjective diverse, in describing ideas or opinions, suggests degrees of difference that may be at odds or challenging to reconcile: diverse views on how the area should be zoned. Various stresses the multiplicity of sorts or instances of a thing or a class of things: various sorts of seaweed; busy with various duties. Different emphasizes separateness and dissimilarity: two different (or differing) versions of the same story. Distinct implies a uniqueness that is clear and unmistakable: plans similar in objective but distinct in method.

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Aged 26, the Alabama-born Crystal Palace defender is a key member of the 2026 World Cup squad, which is the most diverse a men's national team group has ever been.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

“They need a lot of capital and they want diverse sources of capital.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

“What we’ve built is more than a campaign. It’s a diverse movement of communities who believe our schools can do better and who are determined to make that happen.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

By contrast the underperformers—a diverse group from Etsy to Caesars Entertainment, and Target—often entered the pandemic with these catalysts but couldn’t sustain them amid rising competition and a changing landscape.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Their languages may even have been already diverse over 12,000 years ago, if the northern and southern Jomon people arrived over land bridges from Russia and Korea, respectively, as the archaeological evidence seems to indicate.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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