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variant

adjective as in different

noun as in derived form

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With that ancient DNA, scientists identified gene variants specific to dire wolves and then performed multiplex gene editing with a genome from the gray wolf, dire wolves’ closest living relatives.

Whatever Augusta founder Bobby Jones uttered about the importance of golfing mentality - there are a few variants of his profound psychology - the legendary American probably didn't expect it to be referenced a century later.

From BBC

The southern provinces of Syria, which run along the frontier with Israel, are home to many of Syria's Druze – Arabs who practice a variant of Shia Islam – whose community stretches across Syria, Israel and Lebanon.

From BBC

Unfortunately, the vaccines were still months away and new variants were springing up so he resorted to his usual tactics of pitting people against each other.

From Salon

More than 100 renderings by artists as grand as David Hockney delivered fugue variants in form and material.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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