variation
Example Sentences
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Most, argues the researcher, a distinguished professor of psychology at UC Riverside, say some variation of “I love you.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
A Federal Reserve paper published last year found substantial and arbitrary variation in agent commissions across metropolitan areas.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
The Gallup-Purdue Index, surveying more than 30,000 graduates on workplace engagement and life satisfaction, finds that institutional type—private vs. public, selective vs. not—explains almost none of the variation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
The company said in mid-April that each one dollar variation in the price of a barrel has a $340 million impact on its annual operating profit before tax.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Hailey had conducted two expeditions to make the measurements on which the map was based, and the hope was that this would open the way to using magnetic variation to measure longitude.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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