as in various
able to be distinguished in some way from others of the same kind
variant strains of a disease variant points of view
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Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 26 May 2025
Separate but simultaneous investigations revealed that the variant, found in a gene called TP53, was present in 23 total children, 10 of whom had already been diagnosed with leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other cancers, the outlet reported.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 25 May 2025
This one variant, which appears as a deletion that causes a nearby gene to over-express, essentially serves as a switch to produce lighter features instead of the default brown or black fur color – which presents as orange in male individuals with this mutation.
—New Atlas, 24 May 2025
Of the 62,000 units earned, album sales tallied 38,000 of that sum, thanks to the set’s availability in physical formats — including 10 vinyl variants, three CD variants, a cassette and a standard digital download album, as well as a deluxe download with two bonus tracks.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 19 May 2025
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Noun
But hospitalizations abroad have raised questions about the new variant, its symptoms and more.
—Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 26 May 2025
Separate but simultaneous investigations revealed that the variant, found in a gene called TP53, was present in 23 total children, 10 of whom had already been diagnosed with leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other cancers, the outlet reported.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 25 May 2025
This one variant, which appears as a deletion that causes a nearby gene to over-express, essentially serves as a switch to produce lighter features instead of the default brown or black fur color – which presents as orange in male individuals with this mutation.
—New Atlas, 24 May 2025
Of the 62,000 units earned, album sales tallied 38,000 of that sum, thanks to the set’s availability in physical formats — including 10 vinyl variants, three CD variants, a cassette and a standard digital download album, as well as a deluxe download with two bonus tracks.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 19 May 2025
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Adjective
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And, yeah, there’s a laundry list of places that don’t like him — Vancouver, Toronto, Tampa Bay — for various things he’s done like punching players who don’t fight — or, yeah, licking them.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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At various points Friday, LSU Shreveport came back from 4-0 and 7-5 deficits — a reminder that even undefeated teams have to get every out.—
Mitch Light,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Studies suggest that half of the variation in blood pressure is due to genetics.78 Mutations in over 100 genes contribute to blood pressure elevation.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Health,
30 May 2025
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From Celestial Blue to Butter Yellow, with 13 unique color choices, coordinating or matching the color and style of a bedroom is easy with the variation in color palette.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Russia has sharply expanded its own drone and missile production in the past year, allowing for mass attacks using several hundred projectiles at once.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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Mehta added several countries have already incorporated ecocide into their national laws, including France, Ukraine and Belgium.—
Jamie Hailstone,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The mothers have one mutation that makes the neuron hyperactive and another that mutes it.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Anyone identified to have the BRCA mutation based on genetic testing can begin imaging even earlier—at age 25.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Young, a British Columbia native who played for three different colleges and spent seven seasons in the minors before playing for the Doosan Bears in South Korea last season, hit his fourth career Major League homer and his first since September 2009 with the Chicago Cubs.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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But Mbappe chose to distance himself from that debate and his opening season was different to Ronaldo’s.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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But for the most part, the pattern established by Reagan has persisted ever since, and deviations — like Bush’s tax hike, which contributed to his loss in 1992 — are remembered more as cautionary tales than examples to emulate.—
Dylan Matthews,
Vox,
22 May 2025
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Both the North Carolina appeals court and the North Carolina Supreme Court allowed some of the votes in question to be tossed out—a stark deviation from other courts who considered and dismissed such claims in the last few years.—
Sean Morales-Doyle,
Time,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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The wide-ranging punishments for such sinful behavior could include a prohibition on wearing gold and other precious jewelry, as well as large tithes to monastic orders and the poor.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
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Manage stress: Try breathing exercises or meditation to relieve stress. Reduce screen time: Take breaks from computers, phones, and other devices.—
Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
6 June 2025
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“Variant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variant. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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