variation
Example Sentences
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A Federal Reserve paper published last year found substantial and arbitrary variation in agent commissions across metropolitan areas.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Even with such enormous variation, flower length showed almost no connection to how quickly new cactus species emerged.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
The company said in mid-April that each one dollar variation in the price of a barrel has a $340 million impact on its annual operating profit before tax.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
On television, in character in the show that ran from 2012 to 2017, Ms. Dunham brought to her voice some smoothness and variation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Starting with a population with natural variation in gene configurations, he had added a force of natural selection: temperature.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing variation
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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