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variant

[vair-ee-uhnt] / ˈvɛər i ənt /




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This particular variant of the disease, Bundibugyo, is more difficult to detect than the more common Zaire variant.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

For carriers of the p.D563G variant, the figure was 18.5%.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

This accounting method can lead to vast undercounts when a rapidly consumed munition will be replaced by a much more expensive variant.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Only "a few thousand" men who have a dangerous genetic variant and a family history of cancer should be screened for prostate cancer with a blood test, according to the final recommendations of scientific advisers.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Meggers’s “law of environmental limitation of culture,” her critics in essence say, is nothing but a green variant of Holmberg’s Mistake.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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