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variant

[vair-ee-uhnt] / ˈvɛər i ənt /




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The Bundibugyo variant has infected 3,875 people and killed 1,751 in its first 10 weeks, mostly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Whether the effect appeared beneficial or harmful depended on the specific AQP4 variant each person carried.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Lapping firmly believes over the next decade there is more upside to Chinese consumption than to the American variant as it’s coming off a lower base.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Currently, the longest commercial flight service in the world is Singapore Airline's route between Singapore and New York, which covers 15,350 kilometres and lasts more than 18 hours using another variant of the A350.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Mendel had chosen peas after deep consideration: the plants reproduced sexually, produced clearly identifiable variant traits, and could be cross-pollinated with some care.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Washington’s manic quarantining of cruise-ship passengers, its restricting of foreign entry, probably did next to nothing to slow spread until a vaccine and the less-virulent omicron variants arrived, which took a year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Olivia Rodrigo most recently released roughly 10 variants of her new album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” in June.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Over the years, it’s become customary for major musicians to release several vinyl variants to help promote their latest album.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Previous variants were more dangerous on the face of it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

First, genes had to explain the phenomenon of variation: How could discrete units of heredity explain that human eyes, say, do not have six discrete forms but seemingly 6 billion continuous variants?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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