variably

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Recent Examples of variably The suspense grows more effective past the one-hour mark, once Dama takes control of the narrative, with Irina, Rosa and Giulia variably helped and hindered by her steely mechanizations. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2026 House, a Kiwi familiar from various Taika Waititi projects including the recent TV adaptation of Time Bandits, is a constance source of unexpected danger, while Hughes, George Mason and Matuse all get good moments as her variably bumbling henchmen. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026 And, just maybe, that can go at least a few inches toward explaining the enduring popularity of mah-jongg—also variably spelled mah jong, mahjong, mah jongg, and more, with our spelling taken from Merriam-Webster—one that spans continents and centuries. Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026 Power can split front/rear variably, between 70%/30% and 15%/85%. Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 19 Feb. 2026 In secret, the Party is trying to find Vecna and kill him, a mission to which members are variably applying themselves. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025 The data might be in different languages and is often guided by informal or variably defined concepts. IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variably
Adverb
  • Read on its own, the essay is a reasonable brief for why enterprises should treat this moment differently than the last decade of cybersecurity practice.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The language of family trusts can be interpreted differently by siblings and their attorneys.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • And who else could sing over the credits but Susan Boyle, a reminder that sometimes taking chances leads to unlikely victories after all?
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Elite football demands difficult, sometimes brutal decisions.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • The battle over growing cannabis under the sun is somewhat ironic because hemp, which is the cannabis plant with only trace amounts of the delta-9 THC that gets users high, can be legally grown nationwide in farm fields.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Reluctantly, somewhat sheepishly, Van Lith wandered along the edge of the corn patch that August.
    Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Yet despite the mounting evidence, pregnant women are still only inconsistently recognized as a clinically vulnerable group across public health guidance and government frameworks.
    Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Attorneys for the players said Thursday that the Cobb County court found the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on claims that the NCAA applied its eligibility rules arbitrarily and inconsistently.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Mowing Too Close Most people consider mowing a chore and want to mow as infrequently as possible.
    Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026
  • While Galliano attends only infrequently, his creations are well worn by celebrity guests of the event, including famously by Princess Diana.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Kontras believes the case of the patterning was simply because the buck had seldom, if ever, been spooked by a man.
    Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Hathaway is no stranger to action movies, but seldom have her contributions to the form been so dirt-under-the-fingernails feral.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • After four seasons of fits and starts with the offense built around tight ends or the running game but rarely the receiver room, maybe the Irish are in position for something more.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • They were being imposed under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, a Great Depression-era law that has rarely, if ever, been invoked and has been neglected for decades.
    Lim Hui Jie,Kevin Breuninger,Ashlee Trujillo, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Variably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variably. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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