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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
The unemployment rate for Black women climbed to its highest in nearly four years; federal layoffs and the dismantling of diversity initiatives eliminated stable jobs that disproportionately supported minority women.
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Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2025
Roth is one of relatively few top university leaders who still openly criticizes the Trump administration for its monthslong campaign to pull funding from schools that don’t toe its line on a host of issues, from diversity programs to transgender athletes and pro-Palestinian protests.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
This sighting is a promising sign that the efforts to reintroduce female jaguars and promote genetic diversity are beginning to bear fruit.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
The federal government has frozen $2.6 billion in Harvard’s research grants in connection with civil rights investigations focused on antisemitism and Harvard’s efforts to promote diversity on campus.
—Cheyanne Mumphrey, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2025
Roth is one of relatively few top university leaders who still openly criticizes the Trump administration for its monthslong campaign to pull funding from schools that don’t toe its line on a host of issues, from diversity programs to transgender athletes and pro-Palestinian protests.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
This sighting is a promising sign that the efforts to reintroduce female jaguars and promote genetic diversity are beginning to bear fruit.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
The federal government has frozen $2.6 billion in Harvard’s research grants in connection with civil rights investigations focused on antisemitism and Harvard’s efforts to promote diversity on campus.
—Cheyanne Mumphrey, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diversity
Noun
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Many brands also offer brewers in a variety of colors and finishes.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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This is particularly important for the healthcare field, especially for enterprises use-cases, as healthcare data is largely unstructured and frequently found in a variety of different modalities.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The trust fund used to make up the difference between what workers are paying in and what Social Security pays out in benefits is projected to run out of money in nine years.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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Most polls show a couple of percentage points’ difference among them, with the preferences for each sitting near the 20% mark.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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These include ad inventory, cross-channel consistency, diminishing returns, seasonality, customer heterogeneity, creative impact, funnel vs. topline goals and short- vs. long-term objectives.—
Aleks Farseev,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The third is heterogeneity: can individuals or components take on specialized, different roles?—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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For men like Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, the modern nation was to be a repository of the dizzying multiplicity of cultures, languages, religions and ethnicities that had permeated Indian soil for 5,000 years.—
Aatish Taseer,
Time,
15 July 2025
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Literature has a distinct ability to illuminate truth’s multiplicities; writers like Ullmann remind readers that fact and fiction are fragile categories, and that collapsing them can yield enthralling results.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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Private equity, by contrast, often involves companies in distress.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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In Democratic-leaning states, by contrast, ICE is frequently arresting immigrants from worksites, streets and mass roundups that have sparked protests and intense backlash in cities such as Los Angeles.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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Food makers argue that this distinction demonstrates that titanium dioxide is not like other dyes.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
8 Aug. 2025
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This distinction arose not just from a difference in age, but from a difference in responsibility.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Diversity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diversity. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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