as in frictions
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 variances
The Porter County Board of Zoning Appeals considered several requests for zoning variances for the project Thursday.
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Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
These variances can be attributed in part to the fact that there are 31 types of widows, five in the United States.
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Eva Flowe
may 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2026
Such variances can come into play whenever the strict application of community guidelines would cause undue hardship, and directors may also consider conditional approvals that require additional safeguards and modifications.
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Nicole R. Kurtz,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
Those areas did, however, feature variances in local magnetic fields, humidity, and lighting levels, suggesting that such sensations are simply people responding to normal environmental factors.
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ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
But some of the variances were relatively small, and far from evidence of excessive caution, slightly conservative forecasts like these are a best fiscal practice.
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Marc Joffe,
Daily News,
13 Apr. 2026
With gas prices averaging more than $4 per gallon, drivers are wondering what causes price variances at the pump from state to state.
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Keith Laing,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Any significant variances were analyzed in detail and projected through the end of the fiscal year.
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Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
This is due to wide variances in the efficiency of the gas-collection systems, according to the report.
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Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
These variances can be attributed in part to the fact that there are 31 types of widows, five in the United States.
—
Eva Flowe
may 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2026
Such variances can come into play whenever the strict application of community guidelines would cause undue hardship, and directors may also consider conditional approvals that require additional safeguards and modifications.
—
Nicole R. Kurtz,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
Those areas did, however, feature variances in local magnetic fields, humidity, and lighting levels, suggesting that such sensations are simply people responding to normal environmental factors.
—
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
But some of the variances were relatively small, and far from evidence of excessive caution, slightly conservative forecasts like these are a best fiscal practice.
—
Marc Joffe,
Daily News,
13 Apr. 2026
With gas prices averaging more than $4 per gallon, drivers are wondering what causes price variances at the pump from state to state.
—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Any significant variances were analyzed in detail and projected through the end of the fiscal year.
—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
This is due to wide variances in the efficiency of the gas-collection systems, according to the report.
—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variances
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In the months that followed, frictions only deepened.
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Tensions between Rian and Patrick flare when Rian drunkenly mentions a brief fling with Shiv, though the film’s clunky edit, which gives little room for the performances to breathe and play out organically within their contexts, makes these frictions feel stilted and juvenile.
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Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.
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In every case, physical science, which is based on the evidence reported by these limited and limiting senses, eventually leaves us stranded with the conviction that sickness, accidents, and disasters – discords of every description, regardless of the apparent cause – are real and inevitable.
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Clients should understand whether the advisor is legally obligated to put their interests first, how conflicts are disclosed and whether recommendations are shaped by commissions, proprietary products or outside incentives.
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These conflicts raged on through the pandemic, when the country was generally going insane, and in 2022, when President Joe Biden exercised his right to appoint a new chair, Rios took what was in effect a thankless cleanup job.
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As the country heads toward a national election, the leader once celebrated as a healer is now viewed by critics as the main driver of these schisms.
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Given the schisms, some in the GOP believe only a single party-line bill may end up passing before November.
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One consequence of the ensuing wars was the emergence of a new, anti-sectarian, pacifist element in Dutch religious life.
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While drones have introduced groundbreaking changes to how wars are fought on earth, the ability to wield them alongside other weapons largely depends on reach from space.
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This is one of the hardest divisions in the league, so winning that is probably not even a thought.
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In 2019, the district attorney’s office of Fulton County, Georgia, opened one of an increasing number of Conviction Integrity Units – known as CIUs – divisions that look into claims of false convictions.
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Originalism is a terrific theory for Supreme Court dissents in which some justice complains that the court has invented new constitutional rights.
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Traders on prediction market platform Kalshi place 70% odds on zero dissents in the June vote on the 12-member Federal Open Market Committee.
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Showdowns over international inspectors caused years of disputes between the US and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and more recently Iran.
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Council members ultimately said the purpose of the sister city program was to build relationships between communities, not to settle international political disputes.
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