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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His firm, AF Group, buys around 120 million litres of fuel a year, from various fuel distributors dotted across the UK, in one of the biggest operations of its kind in the UK.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
He said that “almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to” and that the “two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Unlike other luxury brands that have toyed with new logos and typefaces in the last decade, the LV monogram has carried down through the various changes in leadership at Vuitton.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
She says they have been experimenting with various types of music of late, but "this confidence and feeling good is definitely a theme".
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Still full of forebodings of a hard winter, he foraged about for what he was sure was the last edible stuff on the island: various seeds, dry berries, mushrooms.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
