various
Usage
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The adjective various stresses the multiplicity of sorts or instances of a thing or a class of things: various sorts of seaweed; busy with various duties. Different emphasizes separateness and dissimilarity: two different (or differing) versions of the same story. Distinct implies a uniqueness that is clear and unmistakable: plans similar in objective but distinct in method. Diverse, in describing ideas or opinions, suggests degrees of difference that may be at odds or challenging to reconcile: diverse views on how the area should be zoned.
Example Sentences
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Read's agency is currently funding various pioneering approaches to robotics, some of which involve actuators made of elastomers – like rubbery plastics.
From BBC
It provides a single sign-in portal that verifies and grants appropriate access to various programs.
From Barron's
You see this sort of language used when people conflate various definitions of globalism.
Counterpoint Research projects that shipments of smartphone systems on a chip, or SoCs, the bundles of microprocessors and other components that power various phone functions, will fall 7% this year.
From Barron's
Scientists have identified more than 70 different mutations in this hotspot across various cancers, but until now it was unclear whether these mutations had different effects.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
