variation
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“Before this market-driven price-setting mechanism was in place, there was very little seasonal variation in Treasury note and bond returns,” according to a 2015 study in Critical Finance Review entitled “Seasonal Variation in Treasury Prices.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025
Variation on a theme is the essence of detective fiction, dressing the old beloved tropes in new clothes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024
Variation in uranium-234 isotope and changes in the growth thickness of stalagmite give indication of the change in the amount of precipitation.
From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023
It’s a French Defense Advance Variation in which, true to the character of the opening, both sides are willing to accept some structural blemishes in pursuit of inner positional beauty.
From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2023
He calls these paintings things like Enigma: Blue and Red, or Variation: Black and White, or Opus 36.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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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