variation
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That variation isn’t reflected in the headline number, which showed a 2.1% yearly increase for home prices nationally.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
The research, supported by the US National Science Foundation, Google, MassMutual, and other funders, found that this new framework accounted for more than 90% of the variation in measured word meaning.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The idea was that the small-sided variation of association football would provide youngsters with more opportunities to get a touch of the ball, and therefore be more involved than they were in large-sided games.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Necropsies will be carried out on a variation of seabirds gathered from across the North East including eight guillemots, five herring gulls, a gannet and a pink-footed goose.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
But Professor Kylmer had already started working on a variation of the plastic—a thin, slightly porous membrane that you could filter water through.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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The researchers also provided easier variations to accommodate different physical abilities.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Mak says the tool was "surprisingly consistent" across common real-world photos despite variations in pose, lighting, facial expression and make-up.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The new approach instead separates information from different regions, allowing researchers to identify atmospheric variations that would otherwise be concealed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
What follows are four movements, each a free set of variations around a tune from the “Museum.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Inej had heard variations on the same exchange for the better part of an hour.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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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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