diversified
Americanadjective
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distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects.
diversified activity.
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distributed among a judicious variety of types; balanced.
Investments focused in a single industry, such as energy, are more vulnerable to market volatility than more diversified investments.
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producing different kinds of goods, crops, etc., or expanded so as to do so.
He owns a diversified farm, raising livestock, produce, and medicinal herbs.
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Origin of diversified
Explanation
When something is diversified, it is diverse, meaning varied. If your investments are diversified, it means you have put money in more than one place: real estate, stocks, bonds, race horses, gold, alligator farms, and so on. Diverse comes from a medieval Latin word diversificare, meaning “make dissimilar.” If you have diversified something, you have made its parts different from each other. For example, if you want to make your diet more diversified, you make it a point to eat a wider variety of foods, or at least something beyond just scrambled eggs and macaroni and cheese.
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Historically, diversified stock portfolios have taken an average of about 3.5 years to recover from bear-market lows to their previous peaks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
It turns out that managing cash flow, planning for retirement and building, and maintaining a diversified portfolio requires a healthy dose of human judgment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Medicaid stocks he allegedly “dumped” included CVS Health, a big, diversified firm whose shares are up about 68% since May 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Chief Executive Bob Jordan said the company is benefiting from a broader and more diversified set of revenue and commercial drivers, pointing to momentum in areas like its rewards program and Chase co-branded credit card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Appalachians are the home of one of the world’s great hardwood forests—the expansive relic of the richest, most diversified sweep of woodland ever to grace the temperate world—and that forest is in trouble.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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