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And that “average” return figure masks a lot of variation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

"NHS England is leading a programme of work which is already helping to increase the number of transplants, reduce variation, identify suitable patients earlier and improve access," it added.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Short of driving cross-country or moving to the Midwest, there is little the average Californian can do to avoid this, but the vast variation in prices holds hints about other ways to save.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

A new University at Buffalo-led study, published on July 24 in Science Advances, suggests that brown tree snakes possess far more genetic variation than scientists previously recognized.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

Ever since I’d told her about the text messages, about my secret account on Scrollr and its surprise popularity, we’d had some variation of this talk about once a month.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Temperature variations and anomalies in countries close to the equator are typically smaller than in temperate climates.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Just different formations ... variations of the same route ... I mean, shoot, that just shows how good a coach Coach Mike is — got us in different positions to be successful.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

The biggest differences this year across similar-sounding index funds aren’t coming from variations in their exposure to market sectors or industries, says Matthew Bartolini, global head of research strategists at State Street Investment Management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

For many years, scientists studying small variations in that field concluded that much of the outer core was flowing mainly westward.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

Half an hour later, having tried many more variations of his request to see what Malfoy was up to, the wall was just as doorless as ever.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling