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variant

[vair-ee-uhnt] / ˈvɛər i ənt /




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This allowed them to look for the "similarities and the differences in the important parts of the virus that the immune system responds to", recognising not just one variant but all of them.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

It means the highly contagious variant has now reached every continent.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to conjure a pickup-shaped variant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

Also, the highest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s, the APOE4 genetic variant, reduces insulin sensitivity by trapping the insulin receptor inside the cell, where it cannot be switched on properly.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

As famine raged through the finch world, this gross-beaked variant survived by feeding on hard seeds.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The company is also reducing the number of model variants, allowing it to focus on a smaller range of more appealing cars.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Less-expensive variants are expected to go into production at a later date.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Some of these variants continue to play functional roles in the human body.

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

This technique allowed researchers to directly test how inherited genetic variants affect gene activity.

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

Simple combinatorial mathematics yielded twenty-seven unique combinations of these six gene variants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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