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diverse

[dih-vurs, dahy-, dahy-vurs] / dɪˈvɜrs, daɪ-, ˈdaɪ vɜrs /


Usage

What are other ways to say diverse? The adjective 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. 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.

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One of the review's central conclusions is that senescent cells are highly diverse and should not be treated as a single uniform population.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

This genetic isolation also makes the island tree more vulnerable to environmental threats — such as drought, a new disease or pests — as compared to a tree species with a more diverse gene pool.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

From early years support to adult rehabilitation, they say their workforce is responding to more diverse and intensive demands than ever before.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Wouldn’t it be better to hire professors of diverse thought and make students advocate opposing points of view?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Thus, among the thousands of culturally diverse native peoples of Australia, the Americas, and Africa, no universal cultural taboo stood in the way of animal domestication.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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