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variation

[vair-ee-ey-shuhn] / ˌvɛər iˈeɪ ʃən /


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“This is a variation of a trend we have been tracking for more than a year,” he said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

The review found that the support provided by PAs can "vary greatly from place to place" with a "huge variation" in quality of practice.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

"Fossilized remains of long-extinct species can show features well outside the range of variation we see in living species," Wright said.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

“It’s sort of a variation on what we already know,” says Morris of learning to work the projector.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

The study of variation and dip evidently depended on collaboration between navigators and intellectuals, but so did the whole science of cartography.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

However, it also noted that periods of heavy rain or drought could indirectly affect fault zones, pointing to a study that suggested that rates of micro-quakes may undergo small variations related to rainfall patterns.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

It's a story that has long featured the New York property tycoon as the hero, with variations on him taking workers down to Ground Zero.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

Charting the new variations of a bountiful—and bankable—American style.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

While completing his graduate work at Caltech, Berne developed a model that uses subtle variations in gravity to estimate the internal structure of a planetary body.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

When I look behind me, I see my customized room decked out in variations of the Warcross logo.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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