as in diversity
the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types
the cultural heterogeneity of its residents is a point of pride for the city
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Recent Examples of heterogeneity
These include ad inventory, cross-channel consistency, diminishing returns, seasonality, customer heterogeneity, creative impact, funnel vs. topline goals and short- vs. long-term objectives.
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Aleks Farseev, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Moto Moto, run by the spunky Rashida (Arica Jackson) and emceed by the exuberant Ahmed (Nick Rashad Burroughs) becomes a hotbed of heterogeneity (there’s even a shaman) in a culture that is otherwise intolerant of mixing.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Accounting for sampling heterogeneity suggests a low palaeolatitude origin for dinosaurs.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Developing The Drugs Of Tomorrow The heterogeneity of diseases calls for a diverse range of medicines.
—Max Votek, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Aleks Farseev, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Moto Moto, run by the spunky Rashida (Arica Jackson) and emceed by the exuberant Ahmed (Nick Rashad Burroughs) becomes a hotbed of heterogeneity (there’s even a shaman) in a culture that is otherwise intolerant of mixing.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Accounting for sampling heterogeneity suggests a low palaeolatitude origin for dinosaurs.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Developing The Drugs Of Tomorrow The heterogeneity of diseases calls for a diverse range of medicines.
—Max Votek, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heterogeneity
diversity
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Antibiotics kill bacteria inside and outside of the gut, reducing diversity in the microbiome.—
Leigh Weddle,
Verywell Health,
11 Nov. 2025
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Their ideology draws from a narrow South Asian current of Islam known as Deobandi, influential in parts of southeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan but far from representative of Afghanistan’s religious diversity or the wider Muslim world.—
Nargis Habib,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Heterogeneity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heterogeneity. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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