variation
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Of 119 S&P 500 companies discussing the technology on investor calls, securities filings or news releases since last week, five have used some variation on “superintelligence,” a Wall Street Journal analysis found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
For his ninth LP, he decided to write songs inspired by his youth and used two different backing bands to create variation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
That variation isn’t reflected in the headline number, which showed a 2.1% yearly increase for home prices nationally.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
This makes them especially useful for experiments because scientists can minimize genetic variation and more confidently attribute behavioral differences to psilocybin rather than inherited traits.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
She also liked the idea of passing it on as a gift after a successful operation—a variation on the Aerodrome Drop-Off Principle.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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But we also want to move away from a cultural view that treats men as the default and women as aberrations, or at least variations on a male norm.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
The variations over 20 years were smaller, but still huge.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Birds might be responding to chemical signals such as pheromones, variations in body shape, or differences in how men and women walk.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Mak says the tool was "surprisingly consistent" across common real-world photos despite variations in pose, lighting, facial expression and make-up.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The double helix has solved all three of the major challenges of genetic physiology using ingenious variations on the same theme.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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