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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
For Ayewa, this musical diversity comes naturally.
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Steve Donofrio, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Easter celebrates rebirth and the start of spring, and the full diversity of Chicago’s culinary scene is on display as restaurants and bakeries offer a wide variety of traditional foods for the holiday including hot cross buns, magiritsa and colomba.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
The curvaceous four-door was developed to add some diversity to the French marque’s lineup during the 1990s but never made it to production.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2026
The rule is named for Dan Rooney, former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the league’s diversity committee.
—Greg Cote
updated March 30, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
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Steve Donofrio, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Easter celebrates rebirth and the start of spring, and the full diversity of Chicago’s culinary scene is on display as restaurants and bakeries offer a wide variety of traditional foods for the holiday including hot cross buns, magiritsa and colomba.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
The curvaceous four-door was developed to add some diversity to the French marque’s lineup during the 1990s but never made it to production.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2026
The rule is named for Dan Rooney, former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the league’s diversity committee.
—Greg Cote
updated March 30, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diversity
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Idaho adults pay about $145 for a sportsman’s package that includes fishing and hunting licenses and a variety of tags for species including deer, elk, bear, mountain lion and wolf.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
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For the April 7 Missouri local elections, governments around the Kansas City area are asking their voters to pay for city services in a variety of ways.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Humor about the pickle often stems from its distinctiveness—its tangy, assertive flavor and odd appearance lend themselves to exaggerated, whimsical depictions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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Optimal distinctiveness essentially says that people want to belong to a group and to still be unique in some way at the same time.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2026
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Making an actual charge is another as Saturday showed with several players getting close to Coughlin, but failing to make up the difference.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The difference wasn’t measured by their effort but instead by their over-all strategy.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Like all architecture, his buildings depended on heterogeneity—joints, interfaces, hierarchies, and the coordination of many materials, trades, and systems.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 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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In this future, the lines between musical genres are blurred, the rapper herself is a household name, and Black women live nuanced lives that do not require us to betray our multiplicity and magnitude.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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The linocut medium itself performs this temporal multiplicity.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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In contrast, the Fraternal Order of Eagles advocated for pensions for industrial wage laborers—for people who had worked in jobs that wore out their bodies and left them physically unable to work.—
Trevor Jackson,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Start with one strong, anchoring piece—like a bed or sofa—then build around it with contrast.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
3 Apr. 2026
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The market is full of vehicles that blur the line between a traditional e-bike and something closer to a motorcycle, and manufacturers don’t always make the distinction easy to spot.—
Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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This distinction was missing both from popular discourse, the academics felt, and from an influential definition of antisemitism associated with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, which lists numerous examples of antisemitism related to criticism of Israel.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Diversity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diversity. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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