varied

[ vair-eed ]

/ ˈvɛər id /

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adjective

characterized by or exhibiting variety; various; diverse; diversified: varied backgrounds.

changed; altered: a varied estimate.

having several different colors; variegated.

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Origin of varied

First recorded in 1580–90; vary + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM varied

var·ied·ly, adverbvar·ied·ness, nounnon·var·ied, adjectiveun·var·ied, adjective

well-varied, adjective

Words nearby varied

varicose, varicose veins, varicosis, varicosity, varicotomy, varied, varied thrush, variegate, variegated, variegation, varier

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How to use varied in a sentence

“There are different levels of what a pandemic clause could be, from greater flexibility to full cancelation to varied or staggered orders dates versus the traditional market deadlines,” said a fourth agency executive.
‘Kind of squishy’: Advertisers lobby to add pandemic clauses to TV upfront deals|Tim Peterson|September 1, 2020|Digiday
Though Wilke joined Amazon the same year as Clark, 1999, he had already had a varied career including writing software at Andersen Consulting and as a vice president and general manager of pharmaceutical fine chemicals at AlliedSignal.
Who is Dave Clark, the new chief of Amazon’s giant retail business?|Aaron Pressman|August 22, 2020|Fortune
Crucially, this is achieved by first exposing the CNN to a large dataset of varied facial images.
The Bias in the Machine - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Sidney Perkowitz|August 19, 2020|Nautilus
As a behavioral neurobiologist and author, I think this search is misguided because human brains are so varied.
Brain Scientists Haven’t Been Able To Find Major Differences Between Women’s And Men’s Brains, Despite Over A Century Of Searching|LGBTQ-Editor|August 13, 2020|No Straight News

Safely returning to full observing, in all its varied modern forms, is crucial for scientific progress.
Social Distancing From the Stars|Emily Levesque|August 11, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Since 1987, there have been roughly 1,300 cases filed under the blasphemy laws, according to varied reports.
Disco Mullah Blasphemy Row Highlights Pakistan’s Hypocrisy|Shaheen Pasha|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Do the varied autopsy reports support or contradict witness testimony?
There’s No Conspiracy in Ferguson’s Secret Jury|Paul Callan|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those needs varied depending on where respondents were in the kink universe.
Coming Out Kinky to Your Doctor, in Black and Blue|Heather Boerner|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When a country spreads over a large and varied land mass, connections can be as important as resources.
Electricity Superhighway||October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When it came to the type of gun kids would be able to shoot once they got there, the answers varied wildly.
Where Kids as Young as 5 Learn to Shoot Automatic Weapons|Brandy Zadrozny|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
New France has an exceedingly varied sea-coast, indented by bays and rivers, broken and irregular.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The Swiss soon found out that in Hephzibah he was dealing with a truthful girl; for the tale, though oft repeated, never varied.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
His expletives were varied, vivid and inexhaustible, and the turbid stream was easily set flowing.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Here again we have the landscape of Lorraine and the eternal and infinitely varied theme of rural labour.
Bastien Lepage|Fr. Crastre

British Dictionary definitions for varied

varied

/ (ˈvɛərɪd) /

adjective

displaying or characterized by variety; diverse

modified or alteredthe amount may be varied without notice

varicoloured; variegated

Derived forms of varied

variedly, adverbvariedness, noun

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