Thesaurus results for VARIETIES

varieties

noun

plural of variety

as in assortments

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things every kitchen has a drawer crammed with a variety of things for which there just doesn't seem to be any other place

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a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common I prefer movies of the horror variety

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Recent Examples of varieties Permit holders can choose between pine, fir, and cedar varieties. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026 But this is really about family and family history, and about how there are so many new varieties of loneliness in the world. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026 Several varieties tolerate shade, which is useful where structures limit sunlight. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2026 Sampling persimmons from a guy growing six varieties in California’s Central Valley. — Rachel Levin, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026 The offer includes 30 bread varieties, 8,000 wines and spirits and approximately 120 kinds of cheese — to name but a few of the treats found here. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026 Around the middle of the century, agronomists also developed high-yield, fast-growing varieties of staple crops like wheat and rice in what is known as the Green Revolution. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026 The wine was produced from nine indigenous Bordeaux grape varieties, all grown on 100 percent Franc de Pied vines. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026 Burt's Pumpkin Farm sits on more than 50 acres in Dawsonville and grows several types of pumpkins, from traditional orange varieties to white, gray and yellow pumpkins, both large and small. — Leondra Head, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

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Noun

At Publix and Walmart, the big-bag assortments of mini chocolate bars run between 14 cents to 22 cents per piece, but that can still get pricey in a hurry for people who live in complexes with large populations of kids trolling for treats.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
Asher’s, while primarily responsible for its own brand of chocolate bars and other assortments, will occasionally produce chocolate for bands, brands, charities and other companies.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of assortments

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For families Some room types offer additional space with pull-out sofas or room for a pack and play (available upon request).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Firstman excels at highlighting the absurdity of celebrity and the pretension of coastal media types.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of types

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However, the author wants readers to see that displacement of many kinds, malignant or benign, can have far-reaching consequences — and sometimes those can be overcome.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Deeply unsettling, this adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s story details a world where birds of all kinds suddenly decide to start attacking humans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of kinds

Noun

Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.

— Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.

— Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of jumbles

Noun

The band is at its best at live shows, where, on a good night, their dejected mix of shoegaze, trip-hop, and other genres that have been beaten to death take on a revitalized energy.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
Tinto Brass, the Italian director whose filmmaking spanned many genres but came to be associated with his erotic films of the 1970s, most notably 1979’s big-budget Caligula, has died in Rome.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of genres

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Pollard has also been immersed in surrealism and dada, fitting genres for a musician and visual artist who has a knack for bending words and images to his will — either via hallucinatory lyrics or collages that mesh realms both physical and meta.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
Better be watching the clouds again and again (2000/2017) is a series of collages attributed to a fictional Lebanese Army officer named Fadwa Hassoun, who’d trained as a botanist.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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