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as in variety
the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types
the diversity of plant life on that tropical island is staggering
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as in distinctiveness
the quality or state of being different
there's considerable diversity in the platforms for the two major parties
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Recent Examples of diversity
From dazzling Art Deco chandeliers to elegant pearl drops and bold mid-century modern shapes, clip-ons allowed for incredible diversity in earring design.
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Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Rabat is a cultural crossroads where books help transmit knowledge and the arts in all their diversity.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Project documents say the Emblem Empire Ranch development would add housing diversity while maintaining the surrounding neighborhood’s character.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Readers on intellectual diversity and Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026
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Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Rabat is a cultural crossroads where books help transmit knowledge and the arts in all their diversity.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Project documents say the Emblem Empire Ranch development would add housing diversity while maintaining the surrounding neighborhood’s character.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Readers on intellectual diversity and Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diversity
Noun
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In the coming weeks, Berkebile, along with his colleague Brian Weinberg, will lead a variety of projects, including building a parking lot and welcome plaza equipped with benches and informational signage about the forest.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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The company started importing goods from Chinese vendors two years ago to make up for a dearth of suppliers in Africa who can deliver a wide variety of large orders at scale with favorable prices, Dufay said.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
8 May 2026
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The Pulitzer board encourages its juries to engage in both robust debate and its own inquiries into the distinctiveness of all entries.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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If this is the true face of the AI industry—a technological triumphalism that sees human thought as an inefficiency to overcome and human distinctiveness as a myth to debunk—the differences between the Church and Silicon Valley may prove irreconcilable.—
Elias Wachtel,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
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In practice, though, designing a policy that acts wisely on this difference is all but impossible.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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For Edison, junior Hayden Pham was a difference-maker throughout the match.—
Dan Rios,
Daily News,
10 May 2026
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Artworks from the past, the recent past, and the present reverberate and scratch against each other with material and scalar heterogeneity, talking at, with, and beyond themselves.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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In the nearly 50 years since Dyer’s text arrived, the field has retained its heterogeneity and developed into a complex set of constellations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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How can the sense of an absolute union of all matter be reconciled with the endless multiplicity and distinctness of it?—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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However, a few hours with Air Riders reveals the nuance and depth of its gameplay, the distinctness of this flavor of racing game and its sensory, chaotic, and strategic appeal.—
Ryan Gaur,
Rolling Stone,
19 Nov. 2025
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Only the novel, with its linearity, with its multiplicity, with its inherent democracy, allows for everyone to take their turn to speak.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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For example, the theme of superposition—put very simply, the idea that characters exist in a number of potential states simultaneously, some of them mutually exclusive, and this ambiguity or multiplicity doesn’t get resolved until some point in the future.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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In stark contrast to the teenage social scene once synonymous with malls, many of Lincolnwood’s shoppers seemed to come there alone, making beelines for the still-open Old Navy or Victoria Secret without ever removing their headphones.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Inside, the metal drive-mode knob is treated to a red anodized finish, which also informs the color of the contrast stitching, seatbelts, headrest embroidery, and piping.—
Bradley Iger,
Robb Report,
8 May 2026
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Its kingless government, once a badge of distinction, had become normal in the mid-nineteenth-century Americas.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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That distinction is becoming more relevant as investors look to reduce counterparty risk and diversify away from purely digital or paper-based holdings.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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“Diversity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diversity. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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