variations
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pluralof variation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
variationnounthe act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree.
Example Sentences
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What follows are four movements, each a free set of variations around a tune from the “Museum.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
There are variations within this group’s politics, but Luckey has a background well-aligned with Hegseth’s hypermasculine code.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
But within the county there are large variations, with the South Shropshire constituency having one of the highest percentages of homes without mains gas across the UK, at 53%.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Elsewhere across Italy, different shades of green and brown reveal variations in vegetation, farming activity, and land cover.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Once Torricelli’s experiment had been accepted as a basic model, it was possible to devise all sorts of variations.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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