variably
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“These studies support the presence of a widespread network of cortical and subcortical areas that are variably recruited based on specific task parameters and demands,” the authors write.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2023
Other than a general consensus that they’re caused by some astrophysical process, they’ve been variably attributed to solar activity, emissions from a nearby supernova or neutron star or even Earth’s close encounter with a comet.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 6, 2023
Back then there was also lots of potential for drama large and small, given that the census was conducted by “enumerators” who went door to door and collected answers in their own variably legible penmanship.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
In an attempt to rally its staff, NYU branded all of its employees part of a “COVID army,” and my fellow early graduates and I have been referred to variably as “redeployed” or “reinforcements.”
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2020
“The year just completed was one in which I underperformed nearly all my peers and friends by, variably, thirty or forty percentage points,” he wrote.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
