variation
Example Sentences
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This is a variation on a basic question passive investors face.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Blanca Vanburian, who was doing a variation of Tai Chi on the lawn outside her apartment building, had several good questions, including one about whether the city could be trusted to maintain a new park.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
That is an average and there could be considerable variation.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
Gideon tried a variation, arguing that Collins had changed from the person she was when first elected.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026
Hugo de Vries had proposed that mutations were responsible for variation: changes in genes created changes in forms that could be selected by natural forces.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing variation
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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