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Recent Examples of variants
Like most other variants, the symptoms of the Cicada variant are the same as those of other COVID-19 variant infections.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
New variants include the TMP era variant and STO era variant, as well as a remaster of the TOS era variant.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
New variants include the TMP era variant and STO era variant, as well as a remaster of the TOS era variant.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variants
Noun
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Try different plank variations and Pallof presses.—
Christa Sgobba,
Health,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Coca-Cola branding printed on clothes, coasters and posters has variations in the languages and alphabets used in the design, made to be recognized whether someone is seeing it in Chicago, Dhaka or Casablanca.—
Mariah Franklin,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For computational specialists, this typically means accepting deviations of five to ten millielectronvolts per atom, which area small enough area to preserve meaningful trends.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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The platform’s new AI agent, René, allows dispatchers and fleet managers to investigate operational inefficiencies through simple conversational queries, identifying the root causes of issues like excessive overtime or route deviations.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Usually, these mistakes, called spontaneous mutations, don’t matter very much.—
Ruth Jessen Hickman,
Health,
15 Apr. 2026
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Protein language models, which are AI systems trained on millions of natural protein sequences, can quickly predict how mutations will change a protein’s behavior or design new proteins.—
Stephen D. Turner,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The writers behind two of the most binge-able TV series are taking on Marvel’s most famous mutants.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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By selectively keeping and replanting the mutants, ancient humans gained the first cereal crops.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Variants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variants. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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