heterogenous

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Recent Examples of heterogenous Bridging Gaps Between Diverse Nations in Southeast Asia ASEAN countries are heterogenous in many ways and at divergent levels of economic development. Allan Marks, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 The scope of providing support, therefore, extends to a heterogenous customer base that spans multiple subscription tiers, sizes, and business impact categories. Stefan Steinle, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 However, Matthews and others found that the lava erupted near Grindavík is surprisingly heterogenous in composition, suggesting that instead of a big vat, it too was stored as discrete, isolated batches that might be mixed and tapped at different times during an eruption. Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024 The country's cooking is heterogenous, but there are filaments that connect the different regions' ways of feeding themselves. Scott Hocker, theweek, 3 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for heterogenous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heterogenous
Adjective
  • The credit card market is heterogeneous, segmented by income and more importantly by credit score.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • This collection of heterogeneous text fragments was produced not by Kojève himself, but by the Surrealist writer Raymond Queneau.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The ruling also marks the latest win for the administration in its legal battles over canceling various environmental, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and other grants issued by the Biden administration.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The drain stack is the vertical pipe in the drainage system that the various drain lines tie into.
    Kamron Sanders, The Spruce, 22 Jan. 2026

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“Heterogenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heterogenous. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.

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