variation
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Climate-related forces explain nearly half of the observed variation in GWS, with changes involving the cryosphere playing an especially important role.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
“It’s sort of a variation on what we already know,” says Morris of learning to work the projector.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
“It is totally standard for MA plans to pay commissions to insurance brokers who sign Medicare beneficiaries up for their plans; this new relationship is plausibly just a variation on that broader theme.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
They were quickly interpreted to be a variation of a rallying cry adopted by some people angry at the health-insurance industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They pair up and then change partners, like a variation on the tarantella, the Italian dance of celebration.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Charting the new variations of a bountiful—and bankable—American style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Some variations are expected in the final figures for the four UK nations.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Small variations in color within that spectrum can reveal which kinds of stars are present.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
“Its in-house TPU program has been very successful, and they will create multiple variations of that program,” Luria said in emailed comments.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Indeed, Mendel even uses variations of the word inherit in his paper.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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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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