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variant

[vair-ee-uhnt] / ˈvɛər i ənt /




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The 777-9 is a variant of the new aircraft.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The investigation also revealed a strong association between the IL-10-blocking antibodies and a genetic variant called HLA-DRB1*01:03.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

"The student commander had done the majority of his training on the FV-510, which is the platoon variant of the vehicle," Col Watson said.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The last known rabid raccoon in Los Angeles County was detected in 1973, when a skunk variant of rabies was still present in the area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

This is the preferred spelling, though dictionaries now accept sherbert as a variant.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Philip Morris attributed the increase in part to recent product launches, such as new flavors and variants, and said it plans to further increase investments to support the brand in the current quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

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

During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers could follow individual variants in remarkable detail because genome sequences were usually linked to precise dates.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

That same year de Vries published his monumental study of plant variants, Carl Correns, a botanist in Tübingen, published a study on pea and maize hybrids that precisely recapitulated Mendel’s results.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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