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
  • If 10 days become 5, can the work genuinely be completed differently or more efficiently?
    Mustafa Shreet, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Put differently, blindness, two-handedness, and the continuous line are restraints that freed Nauman from the habits of description.
    Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Shooting in a widescreen format that gives ironic grandeur to a squat, featureless town in the Texas Panhandle, DP Peter Flinckenberg is attentive to the piercing, sometimes radiant winter light of the region in the harshest months of the year.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Still, traces of background radioactivity sometimes break the subterranean silence, with that activity piercing through LZ’s mile of protective bedrock or even seeping out of the materials lining the detector’s walls.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Continue to cook, agitating eggs and occasionally shaking pan and running spatula underneath to ensure eggs aren’t sticking, until surface of eggs looks somewhat set but still slightly shiny, about 30 seconds more.
    Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Caplight’s Avalos added that demand for OpenAI shares has somewhat recovered from earlier-year lows in recent months.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Sep. 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
  • During the appointment process, activists hammered Barclay for riding the CTA infrequently.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Michael Jordan’s infrequently seen Air Jordan 17 will reportedly continue its reemergence in 2027 with the release of a brand-new colorway.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • However, he was seldom used at Georgia Tech in 2025, totaling only eight catches for 150 yards.
    Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Older women have seldom been included in randomized trials that evaluate the benefits of mammography screening on morbidity and mortality.
    Kim Johnson, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • That gives Mobu a sense of scale and openness rarely found within a superyacht of this size, the studio says.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Most people carry extraordinary stories worth telling, and raw imagination is rarely the limiting factor.
    Coco Mao, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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“Variably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variably. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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