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variance

[vair-ee-uhns] / ˈvɛər i əns /


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While polling heading into the primary showed a lot of variance, the average converged on Paxton leading the race by about 4 points.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

Lieberman sees a significant variance in the quality of the management teams in the sector.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Performance and reliability: Distributed GPU networks face inherent challenges with performance variance, latency and quality control.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

The picture of Russia emerging triumphant and legitimized from such a deal is, ahem, at variance with reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

She warned members of the commission that if they approved the variance to allow construction of the Bacon Street project, they were inviting trouble.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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