- plural of variant.
variants
Example Sentences
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Like hands, all amino acids exist as two mirrored variants, but only one of them is found in the proteins in the body's cells.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
It is sold in one color, mint green, and comes in two variants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The Torcal will sit at the more affordable end of Bentley’s product portfolio, similar to the Bentayga, a larger SUV named after another Spanish mountain range that comes in combustion-engine and hybrid variants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Researchers compared participants' genetic data with differences in their personality scores to identify genetic variants associated with each trait.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Farmers had been using this phenomenon for millennia—breeding and interbreeding animals to produce natural variants, and selecting these variants over multiple generations.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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