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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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The expensive physical variations will be handed over to the iPhone Ultra.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The flickering of the quasar at different wavelengths is connected to variations in the temperature of the gas swirling around this black hole.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Thus, traces of this quantum gravity theory or a fifth fundamental force appearing as deviations from Newton's laws should be testable with a wide range of experiments.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 June 2026
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Epitaxial growth of SiC on wafers requires temperatures above 2732°F and precise precursor chemistry; even small process deviations can generate micropipe defects that render devices inoperable.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
Noun
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So, what causes these mutations and what's the impact?—
Emily Kwong,
NPR,
9 June 2026
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Yes, daraxonrasib is being studied by researchers as a potential treatment for additional malignancies caused by RAS mutations.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Noun
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In this new show, unlikely friends Marsha and Wendy wrestle with the mysteries of the teenage heart (and dragons), while jumping between alchemy class, dodgeball and theater club in a melodrama about the unusual humans and mutants that attend an ailing public boarding school.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
11 May 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
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“Variants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variants. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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