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variance

[vair-ee-uhns] / ˈvɛər i əns /


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One observation from the US was that AI-based robots cope much better with variance than previous machinery.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Recently, “we pointed to the wide variance when it came to Street price targets as reflective of the uncertainty in the name, and thus incrementally supportive of owning the volatility,” wrote Jacobson.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The actual discrepancy, Tinoco said, was 103 votes — a variance of 0.016%.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

While polling heading into the primary showed a lot of variance, the average converged on Paxton leading the race by about 4 points.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

She warned members of the commission that if they approved the variance to allow construction of the Bacon Street project, they were inviting trouble.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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