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variant

[vair-ee-uhnt] / ˈvɛər i ənt /




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The peach and honey-flavored Mountain Dew variant is only sold at KFC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The last known rabid raccoon in Los Angeles County was detected in 1973, when a skunk variant of rabies was still present in the area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Boeing has been seeking to win the FAA’s approval for the MAX 10, the longest version of the 737 variant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

This exchange created a new strain or variant that then spread between clubbers and caused severe illness.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

In 1951, working with Harvey Itano at Caltech, Linus Pauling demonstrated that the variant of hemoglobin found in sickle cells was different from the hemoglobin in normal cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Like hands, all amino acids exist as two mirrored variants, but only one of them is found in the proteins in the body's cells.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

It is sold in one color, mint green, and comes in two variants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

This technique examines the portions of DNA that contain instructions for making proteins, allowing scientists to search across thousands of genes for unusual variants shared by affected individuals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Just as an atlas is a collection of maps, linking together features of the land like altitude and location, AlphaGenome Atlas charts the molecular effects of DNA variants across the genome.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The paper, with dozens of tables and arcane symbols to denote traits and variants, was challenging even for statisticians.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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