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variants

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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. — 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

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The show will be arranged in spatial layouts, with prototypes and drawings realized in variations of a translucent, veil-like mesh, which Throup has long used as a metaphor for identity and concealment.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Four of the 10 ideas on the list are variations on a connection from the eastern side of the Capistrano neighborhood to state Route 76.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of variations

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This configuration is designed to remain operational despite manufacturing deviations and wear that develops during extended operation.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Poor execution leads to protocol deviations, delayed data availability, transcription errors and operational inefficiencies that increase risks.

— Avik Pal, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of deviations

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Scientists analyze mutations in a patient’s tumor and create a personalized therapy designed to train the immune system to recognize and attack the cancer.

— Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
However, these medications work by damaging the DNA of cancer cells, and they are also known to cause mutations in the DNA of healthy cells, potentially raising the risk of new cancers later in life.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mutations

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The secondary thread tracks an alternate reality where Team X—mutants recruited by the villainous Nathaniel Essex—clash with Trask’s anti-mutant Reavers and Sentinels.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
The latter is embodied by an underground race of telepathic mutants who worship an unexploded nuclear bomb and find themselves in conflict with the apes, as well as the few surviving humans, on the way to a finale that out-tragedies the original.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

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