as in friction
a lack of agreement or harmony
persistent variance within the rock band eventually caused it to break up
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Recent Examples of variance
This was exacerbated by head coach Fabio Ingolitsch, still getting his feet under the table after joining two months before Wilson, switching to a different variance of wing-back system.
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Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
If the variance is not approved, the project would stay within the allowable floor area ratio (FAR) with 12 apartments but no market and less parking.
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Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
Finally, urbanization is asynchronous: Even within cities there is substantial variance among neighborhoods.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
Yet, Game 1 going Under despite its fast pace has more to do with these teams playing championship-level defenses than shooting variance.
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Geoff Clark Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2026
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Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
If the variance is not approved, the project would stay within the allowable floor area ratio (FAR) with 12 apartments but no market and less parking.
—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
Finally, urbanization is asynchronous: Even within cities there is substantial variance among neighborhoods.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
Yet, Game 1 going Under despite its fast pace has more to do with these teams playing championship-level defenses than shooting variance.
—
Geoff Clark Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for variance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variance
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Daily stressors may stir up deeper internal friction.
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Below, Segert shares five strategic priorities for healthcare technology that reduces friction, automates administrative work and helps doctors deliver better patient care.
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Despite the discord, the regime is likely to have the final say.
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What should have been a celebratory moment involving the city’s beach ended in discord.
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Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.
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The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.
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His father, Manuel Cepeda, was a prominent figure in the Colombian Communist Party, and was assassinated in 1994 during a particularly bloody era in Colombia's internal conflict.
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The town’s predicament highlights the limits of any ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, and the lingering hardship faced by residents whose lives have been upended by years of conflict.
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His Yanks might have won the World Series in 1994, Showalter’s third year, if that World Series hadn’t been canceled by labor strife.
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The tabloids have been extra vicious of late regarding your family strife.
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The discordancy is so intriguing — like learning that Katharine Graham went to nude encounter sessions at Esalen, or Alan Greenspan was once in a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band.
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Between February and August, fallout from the Iran war will have destroyed 800 million barrels of oil demand, JPMorgan estimates.
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Oil tanker traffic through Hormuz before the war might represent the high point for transits for the foreseeable future, said Helima Croft, head of global commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
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More than 5,000 miles from the World Cup, human rights advocates say, authorities have been cracking down on protests, social media and other forms of public dissent.
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The election was marred by a crackdown on dissent and insecurity in the Oromia and Amhara regions, where 143 polling stations failed to open, the election board said.
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“Variance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variance. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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