variant
Example Sentences
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It is also unknown how widespread this particular variant is.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Amid a worrying Covid variant outbreak among minks -- when Denmark was the largest exporter of their furs -- she ordered the culling of some 17 million minks, an order which was later ruled illegal.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Rivian will first launch a $57,990 model, with plans to debut a $45,000 variant in late 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
In late 2027, Rivian plans to offer the R2 Standard variant, set to cost around $45,000.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
They had emerged—loosely speaking—because an ancestral antelope had produced a long-necked variant that had been progressively selected by a natural force, such as a famine.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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