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Not every summer will be as hot or dry as this one, as weather patterns vary from year to year.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Even given common economic pressures, the circumstances and the ways that they put their money to work vary widely.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
They may vary on the specifics, but the intent is the same.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Eventually, MS can cause permanent damage to the nerve fibers, and symptoms vary from person to person, depending on the location and severity of the damage in the nervous system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The songs vary from jazz standards to boy band covers, but all the performers have one thing in common: they sort of suck.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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“CBO finds that historically, the relationship between temperature and health outcomes varies by climate region,” the summary says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
At least 40 states now suggest schools address the anniversary, but how varies widely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
What started as a small summer-solstice gathering on San Francisco’s Baker Beach in 1986 now draws typically 70,000 festival-goers, although that number varies each year.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
In other words, they asked whether the effect varies depending on the direction in which it is measured.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
The parental instinct varies as widely on Gethen as anywhere.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The small survey isn’t representative of Gen Z as a whole, but it offers a snapshot of the varied approaches described in this article:
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
But neither Italian car ran the soft tyre as the teams completed varied programmes to start off the weekend in Baku.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The reactions to Dalporto’s March announcement on TikTok about the project varied, with one commenter suggesting interchangeable necks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Moreno and Marciniw first began flying together in 2023 and worked together to cover stories as varied as police pursuits and the 2025 L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Hotel and travel were covered and the fees varied.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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A few weeks ago, I met an acquaintance for coffee at a Cuban café attached to a downtown hostel, where people with backpacks of varying dimensions passed steadily through the lobby.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The new findings suggest engineers might be able to create different or improved behaviors by deliberately varying the shapes, sizes, orientations, and physical properties of those units.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
That is just one example; the strategy has varying structures and rules that set the path of potential outcomes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Sketches, of varying lengths, build a central idea out in every direction, and a little farther than you might expect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
One way that a composer keeps a piece of music interesting is by varying how strongly the end of each phrase sounds like "the end."
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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