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variation

[vair-ee-ey-shuhn] / ˌvɛər iˈeɪ ʃən /


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"The question from the model's perspective is, 'What is the sequence of evolutionary changes that needs to happen to explain the variation we can see today?'"

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Mr. Jones, a professor of law and biological sciences at Vanderbilt University, explains how the complex and often beautiful products of evolution emerge from the simple fact of variation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

If you love a fig-and-goat-cheese pizza, this stuffed date variation is a must-try.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

According to Goldman’s analysis, 70% of the variation in first-half total returns across the major dollar currency pairs was driven by interest rates.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

This discovery presented fundamental difficulties for any account of how the compass worked, but it also raised the exciting possibility that variation might be sufficiently regular for it to be used to measure longitude.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

While popular variations use turkey, roast beef, pastrami and other deli meats, the original version on offer at the 99-year-old Town Hall Delicatessen is still made with ham and beef tongue.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Here was a new formal language, studied in countless variations and ready to be tailored to fit the body of Freundlich’s program, if one ever arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Each antenna contains tiny, regularly spaced variations along its length.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

"But the variations that are significantly relevant are so small that they may happen from one lap to the other, even if you have learned from the previous laps."

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

A longer section of melody that keeps reappearing in the music — for example, in a "theme and variations" — is often called a theme.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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