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vary

[vair-ee] / ˈvɛər i /


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The conditions that can be confused for MS vary widely, experts said, and the treatments can be distinct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Those lags vary between insurance companies but typically are between two and four weeks, he adds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Their demands vary, but they are united in wanting to make their often marginalised voices heard, sometimes even with radical methods in the face of heavy-handed policing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Because food and beverage consumption can vary considerably from day to day, self-reported dietary information does not always perfectly reflect people's usual habits.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Juvenile justice systems vary across the United States, but most states would have kept Trina, Ian, or Antonio in juvenile custody until they turned eighteen or twenty-one.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Saturday's itinerary varies widely depending on the location, from a music festival in Los Angeles and a march to the Supreme Court in Washington, to family-friendly workshops in Chicago and election observer training in Atlanta.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

I suspect the rate of unfounded rejection as well as the rate of founded rejection of parents varies dramatically by location and socioeconomic class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The process for reporting a stolen rental vehicle varies from state to state, but it is often tedious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

ImP production varies considerably from person to person.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

As he speaks, he masterfully elongates certain words and varies the pitch of the Arabic phrases, which run together almost like a song.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

The profiles of those in, and on the margins of, the protests are as varied as their demands.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Factors as varied as what it took to navigate the pandemic and the company’s success itself, which raised the financial stakes, led him to doubt one trait that helped him succeed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

This patchwork distribution was consistent with scans taken while the patient was alive, which had already indicated that amyloid removal varied considerably across different parts of his brain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Since then, several polls have put Raman in first place, although the size of that lead has varied depending on the survey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The details varied, but the substance remained the same.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

By adjusting the formulation of GelMA, the researchers produced supporting gels with varying degrees of stiffness.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

These metrics applied across many different types of cancers, varying in severity, including ones that had spread to the patient's bones or brain.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Israel’s Arab citizens are a patchwork of sometimes overlapping identities, with varying degrees of integration into Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Those are scenarios of varying levels of catastrophe, and that’s kind of how I’ve been seeing speculative fiction lately.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Around the room, the kids from the jazz ensemble and choir stood up with varying degrees of willingness and shyness.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio


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