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as in differently
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as in sometimes
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Recent Examples of variably
In secret, the Party is trying to find Vecna and kill him, a mission to which members are variably applying themselves.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variably
Adverb
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By designing the computing architecture differently, the company reduced that down to 17 in its first-generation R1 vehicles and then to seven in the second generation.—
Robert Ferris,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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Different types of raspberries fruit at different times of the year and need to be pruned differently.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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Mountbatten-Windsor's name appears at least several hundred times in the documents, sometimes in news clippings, sometimes in Epstein's private email correspondence and in guest lists for dinners organized by Epstein.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Hospitals have used what are sometimes called blackout procedures, which can include registering a patient under a pseudonym, removing their name from the hospital directory, or prohibiting staff from even confirming that a patient is in the hospital.—
Claudia Boyd-Barrett,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Such comments strike a somewhat flippant note in view of the disparity between MacSwiney’s and Proust’s circumstances, which included frequent outings to the Ritz in the latter’s case.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Ibeh took a somewhat confused, smirking glance at Miller as the two retreated to their corners.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Instead, the industry continues to recruit aggressively, vet loosely and train inconsistently.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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UBOs would offer pay, health care, insurance, anti-betting and other protections that states inconsistently provide and give boxers opportunities to sign multiyear contracts.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The city doesn’t have snow plows to clear roads given how infrequently winter weather events occur each year.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2026
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The challenge is that NFG options trade very infrequently, and the bid/ask spread is consequently quite wide, so to sell calls an investor needs to have a sense of what the price should be.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2026
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Operated by Dharma Adventures, the lodge will be the base for those who want to do the two-day, Three Valley Trek—a rare journey through remote landscapes seldom seen by visitors.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside,
1 Feb. 2026
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Malinina and Skorniakov seldom comment on their son or their methods for coaching him, wary of creating any more pressure for him.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
1 Feb. 2026
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But the White House is also risking a wider fracture over an issue that rarely polarizes the GOP.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Jan. 2026
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Quarterly results rarely show depletion.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Variably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variably. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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